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Universal Basic Income (UBI)

Started by Zenman, February 05, 2018, 06:36:16 PM

Zenman

....The mayor of Stockton, California, is leading an experiment with “universal basic income,” which is set to start by giving low-income residents $500 a month, no questions asked.

Mayor Michael Tubbs calls his city “ground zero” for issues like wage stagnation, rising housing prices and loss of middle-class jobs that affect the nation.

The Central Valley city went bankrupt in 2012, and for decades it has been trying to diversify its agriculture-based economy.

“I feel that as mayor it’s my responsibility to do all I could to begin figuring out what’s the best way to make sure that folks in our community have a real economic floor,” Tubbs said....


http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/u-s-city-to-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/


The last sentence in the article is: "Tubbs thinks the UBI experiment will show that Stockton’s best bet is to invest in its own people."

Should be an interesting experiment. I'd be in favor of UBI under certain circumstances, the main one being that it'd be privately funded.

GravitySucks

Quote from: Zenman on February 05, 2018, 06:36:16 PM
....The mayor of Stockton, California, is leading an experiment with “universal basic income,” which is set to start by giving low-income residents $500 a month, no questions asked.

Mayor Michael Tubbs calls his city “ground zero” for issues like wage stagnation, rising housing prices and loss of middle-class jobs that affect the nation.

The Central Valley city went bankrupt in 2012, and for decades it has been trying to diversify its agriculture-based economy.

“I feel that as mayor it’s my responsibility to do all I could to begin figuring out what’s the best way to make sure that folks in our community have a real economic floor,” Tubbs said....


http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/u-s-city-to-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/


The last sentence in the article is: "Tubbs thinks the UBI experiment will show that Stockton’s best bet is to invest in its own people."

Should be an interesting experiment. I'd be in favor of UBI under certain circumstances, the main one being that it'd be privately funded.

Soros has already tried it but it wasn’t truly universal. You had to convince him you were a democrat, communist or socialist.

GravitySucks

So Z, how would you conceive private funding would work?  That part has me baffled.

Universal as in Universal for everyone, or Universal as in just the Falkie's of the world receive it?

albrecht

Quote from: Zenman on February 05, 2018, 06:36:16 PM
....The mayor of Stockton, California, is leading an experiment with “universal basic income,” which is set to start by giving low-income residents $500 a month, no questions asked.

Mayor Michael Tubbs calls his city “ground zero” for issues like wage stagnation, rising housing prices and loss of middle-class jobs that affect the nation.

The Central Valley city went bankrupt in 2012, and for decades it has been trying to diversify its agriculture-based economy.

“I feel that as mayor it’s my responsibility to do all I could to begin figuring out what’s the best way to make sure that folks in our community have a real economic floor,” Tubbs said....


http://www.wnd.com/2018/02/u-s-city-to-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/


The last sentence in the article is: "Tubbs thinks the UBI experiment will show that Stockton’s best bet is to invest in its own people."

Should be an interesting experiment. I'd be in favor of UBI under certain circumstances, the main one being that it'd be privately funded.
As the WND article mentioned not a "new" idea. Also interesting that the area was in bankruptcy previously (why can't individuals use bankruptcy for things like tax or student loan debt?) The private funding thing makes me think that some of the dotcom zillionaires want to recreate a neo-feudal system: even back then shares of crops were allowed for subsistence. (I recall, can't find reference now, in some lefty/anarchist forum that in terms of working hours serfs, crofters, peasants, etc were "better off" than modern day workers.  ;) )

Zenman

Quote from: GravitySucks on February 05, 2018, 06:42:48 PM
So Z, how would you conceive private funding would work?  That part has me baffled.

Don't really know, but I'd rather see Soros and the Silicon Valley and Hollywood folks who're in favor of it get together and fund it rather than tax payers. But then I guess it'd be their business who they determined worthy so, you're right, it wouldn't really be "universal".

Zenman

Quote from: albrecht on February 05, 2018, 06:47:53 PM
As the WND article mentioned not a "new" idea. Also interesting that the area was in bankruptcy previously (why can't individuals use bankruptcy for things like tax or student loan debt?) The private funding thing makes me think that some of the dotcom zillionaires want to recreate a neo-feudal system: even back then shares of crops were allowed for subsistence. (I recall, can't find reference now, in some lefty/anarchist forum that in terms of working hours serfs, crofters, peasants, etc were "better off" than modern day workers.  ;) )

Yeah, I'd have no problem with neo-feudalism, leftist anarchism, communism and so on, under certain circumstances, the main one being that they'd be voluntary, lol.

GravitySucks

Quote from: Zenman on February 05, 2018, 07:14:55 PM
Don't really know, but I'd rather see Soros and the Silicon Valley and Hollywood folks who're in favor of it get together and fund it rather than tax payers. But then I guess it'd be their business who they determined worthy so, you're right, it wouldn't really be "universal".

It would take a while to work through all the pitfalls that will confront Stockton, but without rent control, rents within the city limits will rise and homelessness will become a scourge. New construction just outside the city limits will take up the demand for people that work in Stockton but can’t afford to live there, city government will expand to cover rent control and soon you will have a mini-NYC without the musicals and great pizza. 

Gd5150

Jerry Brown needs to get Google and some others from SillyValley to move their asses out to Stockton. The place has crazy potential. They used to have a Naval supply base. Still have a deep water port. Ie they should have waterfront condos and shopping centers etc... The base was closed by Feinstein 20 years ago. She and Boxer were great at closing military bases screwing several communities in California that relied on these bases for their survival. Overnight many turned to dust. Stockton was one.

If they could get a few tech companies to go there the place would blow up. Ocean access. Waterfront living. Warm weather. The place could be awesome. Right now it’s Oakland light. A huge dump that more socialist ideas will do nothing to fix. Just maintain the dump that it is. Like all D controlled cities.

Spreading the wealth of Silicon Valley around CA would do a ton for the state. Brown could make it happen. It would create real jobs so people could provide for themselves and pursue the American dream instead of begging for crumbs handed out.

Edit: they’ll even have a trillion dollar speed train...someday 😂😂😂

albrecht

Quote from: Gd5150 on February 05, 2018, 08:30:34 PM
Jerry Brown needs to get Google and some others from SillyValley to move their asses out to Stockton. The place has crazy potential. They used to have a Naval supply base. Still have a deep water port. Ie they should have waterfront condos and shopping centers etc... The base was closed by Feinstein 20 years ago. She and Boxer were great at closing military bases screwing several communities in California that relied on these bases for their survival. Overnight many turned to dust. Stockton was one.

If they could get a few tech companies to go there the place would blow up. Ocean access. Waterfront living. Warm weather. The place could be awesome. Right now it’s Oakland light. A huge dump that more socialist ideas will do nothing to fix. Just maintain the dump that it is. Like all D controlled cities.

Spreading the wealth of Silicon Valley around CA would do a ton for the state. Brown could make it happen. It would create real jobs so people could provide for themselves and pursue the American dream instead of begging for crumbs handed out.

Edit: they’ll even have a trillion dollar speed train...someday 😂😂😂
In the past several magnates, "visionaries," cults, and religious sects tried unique ideas to make a utopia, or at least somewhat, varying effectiveness. Some, the obvious, but also smaller like Post, Ford, etc. A lot of talk recently has been around where Amazon's new place will go....why not go all-in and try take some broken city, abandoned base etc and make a go of it? Or, maybe better, buy up some land in very rural areas and start a new one without baggage of undesirables, high taxes, poorly designed infrastructure, etc. Not necessarily there but somewhere where there is some underutilized infrastructure location and maybe even some workers? And go somewhere that doesn't make traffic worse. I seem to recall (can't find source now) of some SA country allowing a "private city" several years ago, not sure if that ever got done.
ps: well aware that most fail and also much abuse has been done in search of utopias.  But still interesting and, maybe, one will finally get it right?

paladin1991

Thread is too long; DR.

Just answer this question.  'Where does the funding for a UBI come fm?  Your pocket or mine?

Juan

Quote from: paladin1991 on February 06, 2018, 12:59:08 PM
Thread is too long; DR.

Just answer this question.  'Where does the funding for a UBI come fm?  Your pocket or mine?
From your pocket to someone else’s- hopefully mine.

paladin1991

Quote from: Juan on February 06, 2018, 01:03:09 PM
From your pocket to someone else’s- hopefully mine.


Please Juanito.  Do not be a useless eater. 


Jackstar

Quote from: paladin1991 on February 06, 2018, 12:59:08 PM
Just answer this question.  'Where does the funding for a UBI come fm?  Your pocket or mine?

Where does the funding for the NFL come from?

paladin1991

Quote from: Jackstar on February 08, 2018, 02:28:27 PM
Where does the funding for the NFL come from?

dumbasses who worship at the church of the NFL


Dr. MD MD

Quote from: paladin1991 on February 09, 2018, 01:08:37 AM
And the Kennedys.

Hmmm...JFK is muredered and then 3 years later there's a Super Bowl. Could be. ???



=Schlyder=

There already is a Universal Basic Income,  it is $0.

Zenman

Quote from: Gd5150 on February 05, 2018, 08:30:34 PM
Jerry Brown needs to get Google and some others from SillyValley to move their asses out to Stockton. The place has crazy potential. They used to have a Naval supply base. Still have a deep water port. Ie they should have waterfront condos and shopping centers etc... The base was closed by Feinstein 20 years ago. She and Boxer were great at closing military bases screwing several communities in California that relied on these bases for their survival. Overnight many turned to dust. Stockton was one.

If they could get a few tech companies to go there the place would blow up. Ocean access. Waterfront living. Warm weather. The place could be awesome. Right now it’s Oakland light. A huge dump that more socialist ideas will do nothing to fix. Just maintain the dump that it is. Like all D controlled cities.

Spreading the wealth of Silicon Valley around CA would do a ton for the state. Brown could make it happen. It would create real jobs so people could provide for themselves and pursue the American dream instead of begging for crumbs handed out.

Edit: they’ll even have a trillion dollar speed train...someday 😂😂😂

Sounds like Stockton does have a lot of untapped potential. I'm thinking that to encourage the jump-start, once they get the Bullet Train connected, they could widen the experiment and make the fare free so long as you disembark in Stockton.

Jackstar

Quote from: Zenman on February 12, 2018, 05:38:02 PM
make the fare free so long as you disembark in Stockton


Still, far too costly.

albrecht

Quote from: Zenman on February 12, 2018, 05:38:02 PM
Sounds like Stockton does have a lot of untapped potential. I'm thinking that to encourage the jump-start, once they get the Bullet Train connected, they could widen the experiment and make the fare free so long as you disembark in Stockton.
Apparently the Stockton plan is going to happen. Interesting to see what happens and if/how it works out....though it seems it is really more like a mini-lottery, paid out in mthly payments, and only for 100 people. It is not exactly clear how these 100 are determined. And only $500/mth for those selected 100 people who also need to "fill out a consent form" (not sure what they are consenting too besides the 'free' money.)

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/12/12/stockton-basic-income-pilot-program/

Metron2267

Quote from: albrecht on December 14, 2018, 01:37:59 PM
Apparently the Stockton plan is going to happen. Interesting to see what happens and if/how it works out....though it seems it is really more like a mini-lottery, paid out in mthly payments, and only for 100 people. It is not exactly clear how these 100 are determined. And only $500/mth for those selected 100 people who also need to "fill out a consent form" (not sure what they are consenting too besides the 'free' money.)

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/12/12/stockton-basic-income-pilot-program/

Mimics Ontario:

:(

https://reason.com/blog/2018/08/01/ontario-ends-ubi-experiment-2-years-earl

A Canadian province's planned three-year experiment with a universal basic income (UBI) is ending after just one year.

Ontario's previous government implemented the pilot program last July, estimating that it would cost about CA$150 million. Instead of traditional welfare benefits, around 4,000 randomly selected low-income or jobless residents would be provided with yearly stipends of CA$16,989 per person (or CA$24,027 per couple). Participants with jobs had to give the government half of their work income. According to The Guardian, the experiment was meant to determine "whether the funds would improve health, education and housing outcomes."

But Ontario just ousted the Liberal Party and elected a new Progressive Conservative government, and the new regime had other ideas. Provincial Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod said yesterday that Ontario would be ending the "quite expensive" experiment. "It was certainly not going to be sustainable," MacLeod said. She didn't provide any data to back that up, so it's not clear whether the program was costing more than expected or if the new government just has different ideas about how this was likely to end.

The announcement came several months after Finland decided not to extend its own UBI experiment, which distributed monthly stipends of 560 euros to about 2,000 residents. But other countries are still considering a UBI. Italy and the Netherlands are both implementing UBI trials, and some Scottish cities are mulling it over as well. And a privately funded basic-income experiment is now underway in Kenya

albrecht

Quote from: Metron2267 on December 14, 2018, 01:48:43 PM
Mimics Ontario:

:(

https://reason.com/blog/2018/08/01/ontario-ends-ubi-experiment-2-years-earl

A Canadian province's planned three-year experiment with a universal basic income (UBI) is ending after just one year.

Ontario's previous government implemented the pilot program last July, estimating that it would cost about CA$150 million. Instead of traditional welfare benefits, around 4,000 randomly selected low-income or jobless residents would be provided with yearly stipends of CA$16,989 per person (or CA$24,027 per couple). Participants with jobs had to give the government half of their work income. According to The Guardian, the experiment was meant to determine "whether the funds would improve health, education and housing outcomes."

But Ontario just ousted the Liberal Party and elected a new Progressive Conservative government, and the new regime had other ideas. Provincial Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod said yesterday that Ontario would be ending the "quite expensive" experiment. "It was certainly not going to be sustainable," MacLeod said. She didn't provide any data to back that up, so it's not clear whether the program was costing more than expected or if the new government just has different ideas about how this was likely to end.

The announcement came several months after Finland decided not to extend its own UBI experiment, which distributed monthly stipends of 560 euros to about 2,000 residents. But other countries are still considering a UBI. Italy and the Netherlands are both implementing UBI trials, and some Scottish cities are mulling it over as well. And a privately funded basic-income experiment is now underway in Kenya
"Slow response to Stockton's give-away"

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/12/19/basic-income-slow-response/

Metron2267

“If half the people don’t respond, our research team, our evaluators will find a way to make sure we get a sample size that is representative of the city,” said Tubbs.

If push comes to shove, leaders with SEED will likely send more letters out. For now, researchers are hoping to get enough responses to reflect the number of letters sent out to people.

Is this proof that Americans aren't as cucked as Canucks? :o


WOTR

Quote from: Metron2267 on December 14, 2018, 01:48:43 PM
Mimics Ontario:

:(

https://reason.com/blog/2018/08/01/ontario-ends-ubi-experiment-2-years-earl

Did you read it?  "The UBI's basic premise is not new. But it remains controversial, even among libertarians."

Even among libertarians? As thought that is the group most likely to support giving out free money from the government?

Metron2267

Quote from: WOTR on December 30, 2018, 02:33:15 AM
Did you read it?  "The UBI's basic premise is not new. But it remains controversial, even among libertarians."

Even among libertarians? As thought that is the group most likely to support giving out free money from the government?

There's a reason I do not belong to the Libertarian party - inconsistencies like this being at the top of the reject bin.



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