Finland pulls the plug on guaranteed basic income experiment

[endicom]

American thinker
Thomas Lifson
Apr. 22, 2018

In oh-so progressive Scandinavia, Finland tried and quickly discovered that the latest hot idea among the techno-lords of Silicon Valley (and their lackeys in the California Democratic Party) is a dud. The failed idea for the way the rest of us should live is so-called Universal Basic Income. 

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Business Insider Nordic reports that this is such a bad idea that when Finland actually tried it, the failure was obvious so quickly that the experiment was terminated.

More...https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/04/finland_pulls_the_plug_on_guaranteed_basic_income_experiment.html


Are you homo faber?

[goatprairie]

"Free" money to not work? What could go wrong? It's not like we already have millions of people on welfare whose parents and grandparents were also  on the dole. 

[endicom]

"Free" money to not work? What could go wrong? It's not like we already have millions of people on welfare whose parents and grandparents were also  on the dole. 

Anyone who has actually worked should understand what could go wrong. If you want to destroy an economy, and too many do, then this is the way to go.

[WingNot]

Are you homo faber?

....since the dawn of history.  LOL

[DB]

Anyone who has actually worked should understand what could go wrong. If you want to destroy an economy, and too many do, then this is the way to go.

"Could" go wrong?

You mean what will go wrong if done.

[goatprairie]

Anyone who has actually worked should understand what could go wrong. If you want to destroy an economy, and too many do, then this is the way to go.

As usual libs refuse to recognize human nature. There is sizable percentage of people, of every color  in every country who would be more than happy to simply subsist  in lieu of putting in an honest day's work.

[DB]

As usual libs refuse to recognize human nature. There is sizable percentage of people, of every color  in every country who would be more than happy to simply subsist  in lieu of putting in an honest day's work.

Many people are perfectly happy if you give them shelter, food and cable TV...

[WingNot]

Many people are perfectly happy if you give them shelter, food and cable TV...

Millennial's.

[dfwgator]

Many people are perfectly happy if you give them shelter, food and cable TV...

That only goes so far,  once they see their neighbors have more than they do, they demand the same for them.