Person involved in basic income experiment of Ontario, Canada, will get 16 989 CAD (11486,82 EUR) per year if one doesn’t have any other income. In other words 957,24 euros per month. To be more clear let’s use OECD statistics – comparative price levels and “convert” these numbers to the Estonian conditions. So […]
Could you imagine a nationalist agreeing the idea that the Basic income would be available for every legal resident? Or a globalist who would like the idea that in Estonia it should be for ethnical Estonians only? It seems to be impossible. But now let’s imagine that the Basic income […]
This article was published in daily Eesti Päevaleht as a response to a columnist who, promoting a multicultural society, recalled that Estonian Republic admitted to be multicultural already since it was estabilished in 1918. Assuming that then it should be acceptable to try to restore the prewar ethnical balance of […]
Many thanks to Mr. Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Social Protection, who mentioned in Estonian Opinion Festival the planned Basic Income test in Finland saying it’s a “communist” idea, giving so an excellent pretext to explain why the communism actually can’t stand comparison with Basic Income at all. A communist society […]
Of course, the employers may fear to loose their power. But thinking more about the Basic Income could change their mind as they find out that the Basic Income actually gives flexibility to the work relationships. How could this be possible? Let’s start from assuming that the Basic Income is […]
Given the commitment by the EU to reduce poverty by 20 million by 2020, most people want to know: what will you do to deliver results for people in the European Union? Did you know that according to the most recent data available, around one fourth of the EU population, […]