{"article":{"id":240264,"heading":"A Basic Income for All","author":"Cameron Abadi","created":"2010-06-16 08:01:05","modified":"2013-11-11 01:05:15","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:05:15","article":"

\"..basic-income advocates argue that the duty to pursue work is based on the mistaken assumption that there’s work to be had. A growing number of economists suggest that Germany reconcile itself to the fact that in the postindustrial age, the country will provide ever fewer opportunities for low-skilled workers. In this context, policies in pursuit of full employment make no sense; indeed, the demands currently made on the out-of-work are nothing less than perverse. If the long-term unemployed have no meaningful chance to advance a career, what purpose does it serve for the state to monitor and control their activities?

Furthermore, the advocates of basic income say, the contemporary mind-set has allotted to salaried work an exaggerated role in shaping personal identity. Basic income would allow Germans to combine different avenues of part-time work or pursue types of labor that aren’t normally honored with pay, such as caring for the elderly.\"

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More articles are available at www.grundeinkommen.de.<\/p>\n","contact":"mbatko@yahoo.com","link":"www.basicincome.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Like the community centers in Vancouver Canada, the guaranteed basic income could create public spirit and social cohesion cushioning the young, seniors and long-term unemployed facing brutal capitalism. ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2010\/06\/240264.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}