So this is also about furthering wealth redistribution from rich to poor?
Isn't that something we sorely need right now ? Maybe we don't but inequality is starting to rob from the poor and give to the rich, by many accounts.
You didn't answer the question about free-riding.
It's an income supplement, so the theory says they forgo a lot of checks and balances to see some savings there.
So you give people more autonomy by making people more reliant on government for income? The nanny state brings out its big bottle of milk and makes everyone, not just the needy, have a suckle?
That's the theory: you reduce government and you give the savings plus some to people and they can do whatever they want.
The point of social programs should be to help people help themselves when they're most vulnerable so hopefully they can become autonomous. People who can't help themselves (ie: disabled) are the only ones who should be on the government dime longterm.
The theory is that the current programs create a system that perpetuate dependency.
Hugh Segal, a Conservative, put forward the proposal in Canada:
https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/11/07/Guaranteed-Income-Argument/http://podcasts.tvo.org/bi/audio/2076107_48k.mp3Maybe our social programs should be reformed to make them easier to access and use, instead of putting our hands up and just giving everyone cash.
I would like to see some alternative approaches. Firstly, why not ask the social workers how to make this work ? How about reducing case counts and providing 1-on-1 coaching to people who are struggling. It seems to me that would be cheaper than paying people off and better for them too.
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