Post B5q6gL0hyz2ofuFwuW by johannab@cosocial.ca
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 (DIR) Post #B5q6gKcbQblJT8yhKy by johannab@cosocial.ca
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       OK, because I've now gotten into 3 unintendedl #UBI dust-ups in a week, I kinda got my take on why *I* think it's do-able down to something a bit more concise. We cannot have it work if we argue that it should be needs-based, value-based, time-limited, it should be services instead, it should replace housing or health or anything, or if it is in anyway "for me but not for THAT GUY THERE". (in fact that last one is fascism, I will not take further questions on that).Universal.Basic.Income.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5q6gL0hyz2ofuFwuW by johannab@cosocial.ca
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       Universal: yes we mean everyone. Me, you, my rich old great-aunt who's going to leave me her mansion when she dies, even the asshole who was selling his US warehouses to ICE.Basic: It assures you of adequate calories, livable shelter for your climate, and a week's worth of clean knickers, thrift-store clothes and the toonies for the odd laundry day.Income: It's cash. It's not coupons, vouchers, charity, a socialist take on crypto, workfare or anything else that leaves a recipient beholden.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5q6gNzOuImTuifRmy by johannab@cosocial.ca
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       So, the initials are non-negotiable. Some other things are non-negotiable too. You do not fund it at the expense of any, and I mean *ANY* other social benefit program, and you do not fund it out of *anyone's* pension, or anyone's *registered* savings (RSPs, pension funds, Canada Pension, RDSPs - off the table).Basically, you cannot trade a *non*universal basic *anything* for the U.You do not trade anyone's *personal* Basic anything for B.Cash is cash. no trading the I.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5q6gOtPY3aGiQsB5k by johannab@cosocial.ca
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       Where's the money?  We have it. You shift the structure.1) are there other benefits to which we have universal *entitlement* but not universal *access*?  Those are a *guaranteed* Basic Income, and become absorbed into *universal* Basic Income-- Old Age Security-- EI/Federal Disability Leave/parental leave/caregiver leave (with a stipulation that provinces and companies *absolutely are not permitted* to cut their benefits in kind, as those are not Universal nor Basic in the first place).
       
 (DIR) Post #B5q6gPpC5DnxbduK9o by johannab@cosocial.ca
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       2) are there top-up, sorta-not-quite-basic  programs that only some people can access? CCB, Education grants, I probably don't know all the other *refundable* tax credits that you can only claim if your 12-year-old plays enough hockey to be scouted by the NHL.  Roll all those in, *provided* a UBI assures the same or better to the recipients. That is, you yoink the Canada Education Savings Grant, but yes, *children* get UBI (at a lower, graduated rate in trust to their parents).