Finland to Test out Basic Income Scheme

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Finland-to-Test-Out-Basic-Income-Scheme-20160826-0012.html

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Finland to Test out Basic Income Scheme

Finland is moving forward with a plan to test the effects of paying a basic income. 

Big Pharma shaking in their boots as 80% of cannabis users give up prescriptions pills for pot

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/big-pharma-shaking-their-boots-80-cannabis-users-give-prescriptions-pills-pot

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More Than 4,000 Died Within Six Weeks Of Being Deemed 'Fit For Work', Reveals Government

More than 4,000 people died within six weeks of being found “fit for work”, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed.

Figures released today show that between December 2011 to February 2014, 4,010 people died after being told they should find work following a “Work Capability Assessment”.

Of that figure, 1,360 died after losing an appeal against the decision.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/08/27/benefits-death-claimants-welfare-ids_n_8047424.html

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More Than 4,000 Died Within Six Weeks Of Being Deemed 'Fit For Work', Reveal Government

More than 4,000 people died within six weeks of being found “fit for work”, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed.

Figures released today show that between December 20

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From basic income to social dividends: Sharing the value of common resources

'Share the world's resources'

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/03/20/basic-income-social-dividends-sharing-value-common-resources

http://www.sharing.org/users/rajesh-makwana

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From Basic Income to Social Dividends: Sharing the Value of Common Resources

Few debates highlight the many complex issues around how governments should share a nation’s wealth and resources as much as the current discourse on basic income. Also referred to as a citizen’s income, the policy generally refers to the unconditional and universal payment of a regular sum of money to a country’s residents, usually as a replacement for a range of existing state benefits such as pensions, child allowances, tax credits and unemployment payments.