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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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Re: Basic income program for Canada
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2020, 02:40:13 pm »
Remember, basic income is a universal program, not just for those currently living in poverty. So think about how you would want to use it for yourself too. Are such programs useful to you? A good way for you to spend your basic income money?

I think most people would want to use it for long term financial planning, to get ahead.

The patriarchal model of custodial care would, as you are suggesting, control the money, 'put them in a program'. It prioritizes external control, and that's associated with increasing dependency and learned helplessness.

Basic income affords people the autonomy to determine and access programs and services that fulfill their personal needs, abilities, and ambitions, choose their own paths forward, and facilitate independent long term financial planning.
Isn't that what we'd all want to do with our basic income?

We're all human. Autonomy motivates and energizes us. Control and force drain us of both.
Proven facts.

You don't make people more autonomous by making everyone more dependent on government cheques.  You want to give money to everyone, even those who don't need it.  It's insane.  It can't even be paid for.

Give a teenager a hefty allowance for doing no chores and they'll be less not more motivated to go out and find a part-time job.
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