![]() *If you also earn wages for work, or income from enterprise or investment, the UBI you receive will be counted as taxable income but you are not punished for working as currently happens with the age pension in Australia. It should be at least the size of the current age pension and you will receive it until the day you die. *Every registered voter, who actually votes so as to prove their identity, will receive an unconditional monthly payment from government without applying for it. The Province of Manitoba in Canada is a good example. Indeed there is and it is called UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME (UBI), an enlightened alternative that a few nations have experimented with regionally and the results show noteworthy promise. There just has to be a better way to create a just and decent society. The criminal application of ROBODEBT in Australia is a prime example of welfare persecution that caused people to suicide. In Australia, we call it Centrelink and it can justly be proclaimed as the most hated, inefficient and ineffective institution in the nation.įar too many nations, especially Australia, have far too often had governments whose ideology has led them to want to punish welfare recipients, regarding them as sinners in need of repentance. In addition, taxpayers pay excessively for their government to employ many thousands of public servants to manage a huge bureaucratic welfare system. Indeed, many in your community will regard you as lazy, an undeserving burden for your fellow citizens to carry. You are regarded as a lesser being when you receive it. There is also a stigma attached to anyone who applies for welfare. ![]() ![]() If you are fortunate enough to qualify for it, usually after a long waiting period, you find that it places you on or below the poverty line and this means you live under constant financial and emotional pressure. A huge amount of paperwork is needed to apply for welfare and if you qualify you are constantly required to prove that you remain eligible. Those programs are far from ideal and are as narrowly targeted as is possible. Most governments around the world have welfare programs that attempt to provide for the basic needs of its citizens who are old, ill, poor, unemployed, disabled etc. ![]()
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