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The Canadian Mental Health Association has endorsed basic income

Author: joeyespo

Score: 40

Comments: 18

Date: 2020-11-05 17:50:11

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aaron695 wrote at 2020-11-06 04:52:13:

The Canadian Mental Health Association is just a random organisation.

You could start one and say the same, or oppose it.

They seem pretty spammy, perhaps a Canadian could summarise them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Mental_Health_Associa...

beprogrammed wrote at 2020-11-06 01:45:21:

Let those who work, pay for those who don't. Seems like a great plan./s

EliRivers wrote at 2020-11-06 10:52:41:

Let society crumble into a hellscape in which the majority have worse lives in exchange for the warm glow of knowing that at least they're not making life better for anyone else either.

It's like a religious belief in some places. People accept the evidence of how to make a better society, in which valuable people who could contribute are actually enabled to do so and ultimately the required tax take to keep everyone alive actually goes down, but they'd literally rather not do that because helping other people offends their sense of self.

Like the nonsense of many prison systems. Overwhelming evidence that it's an expensive way to get worse outcomes, but people just can't bring themselves to pay less for a better world if it means prisons are less hellscape.

MrBoomixer wrote at 2020-11-06 03:43:50:

I rather this then let those suffering live a poor life. I'll gladly pay my taxes to help those in need.

elindbe2 wrote at 2020-11-06 04:34:53:

I'm suffering. I'd like some of your money, please. I'll send you my venmo email. Thanks, I appreciate it.

machello13 wrote at 2020-11-06 15:21:23:

Do you think this is some kind of clever counter argument? It just reveals that you think helping your fellow humans is a ridiculous idea.

elindbe2 wrote at 2020-11-06 15:25:03:

No I'm literally suggesting you send me cash. Help your fellow human.

NormenNomen wrote at 2020-11-06 09:02:19:

Yes, that's exactly the idea. This is called "mutual aid".

beprogrammed wrote at 2020-11-06 17:56:59:

But are you really helping them? On the surface it would seem so, just give them money. But as always reality is much more complex.

work -> to get money -> spend on the product of work

vs

get money -> spend on the product of work

Does work have no value? The price of any given item will increase with the ammount required to make it worth while for somone to do and not just ride the handout.

Production will plumit and costs will skyrocket.

An old adage, Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Force a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

Another way to think about it is as an energy system. As work is put in the energy in the system increases. The system currently has stored energy, but if you stop putting in energy and just consume it, in time you will deplete it.

Alekhine wrote at 2020-11-06 06:49:14:

What do you think of social security?

charliebrownau wrote at 2020-11-06 05:15:08:

No Nation would need ,

Social Welfare / UBI if

Taxation removed

Overseas aid removed

welfare state removed

USRY removed

Central banks removed

and we went back to

Local + State + National :-

Farming

Production

Manfactoring

NO Federal National Goverment

No Central banks

No fait currency + QE

No Overseas manfactoring

No ' free ' trade

No corporations

Min wage lowered back to 10 dollars per hour

Super/retirment funds removed

paid time off removed

pregant pay removed

paid holiday pay removed

Wage tax removed

income tax removed

Goverment is LOCAL and district based

and ran like a business, running services as PAYG

to earn a profit

not stealing money by state force from the citizens

Proven wrote at 2020-11-06 00:57:18:

Whatever. They could have endorsed free healthcare too.

mgh2 wrote at 2020-11-06 03:58:34:

The idea of a more equitable society will be delusional for Americans

absolutelyrad wrote at 2020-11-06 04:28:41:

Many people are uglier than others too. Some people get more tinder matches than others.

Do we also throw acid on the more attractive people to ensure a more equitable society for the relatively ugly men/women?

Why only the equity of money but not other things on the Maslow's hierarchy of needs? Taxation in unethical, and immoral to the people who work hard. Some people compensate for being physically ugly by having more money.

I work with my body using my brain. It's my body, my choice. Just like no one deserves to be raped, you cannot force people to give away gains of their work.

claudiawerner wrote at 2020-11-06 09:41:46:

>Why only the equity of money but not other things on the Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

For the same reason you'd probably rather be paid with money than with Tinder matches or beauty products. Money is the general equivalent in modern societies, so its hard to believe you really can't see why it's so special. No philosopher has argued for equality of looks, or even equality of resources. This seems like a straw man you've set up just to attack the idea of taxation.

>I work with my body using my brain. It's my body, my choice. Just like no one deserves to be raped, you cannot force people to give away gains of their work.

This argument makes several philosophical assumptions that may not be justified. See the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy on this:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/justice-distributive/

The same moral reasoning that dictates the state should not interfere in matters of speech extends to other spheres of life to give other outcomes e.g. prosperity, rather than only freedom.

charliebrownau wrote at 2020-11-06 06:20:46:

All women of all races of ALL nations on the planet choose men by the rule of 6

* Over 6 inchs

* Over 6 foot

* Over 6 in looks

* Over 6 figure income

ALL women want a man taller then them

ALL women want a man RICHER then them

ALL women treat males as RESOURCE PROVIDERS

ALL women refuse to take personal respolbities for their own choices and actions

ALL GOVERMENTS refuse to hold women accountable and grant them a FEMALE PASS, lower standards and CONSTANT leg over

Females since they are ' equal ' and ' empowered ' , have replaced males with the STATE

Its now the STATE that uses

* force for them

* funds them

* protects them

* shelds them

By giving women ' equal " and the VOTE

the state created a new voting block depant on the state , welfare and corrupt courts/laws

mgh2 wrote at 2020-11-06 06:04:13:

Please follow HN guidelines- your comment appears vitriol

As for taxes, I recommend this Harvard video series on ethics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY&t=13s&ab_channel...

Note: Taxes appear way after several videos though...

nichos wrote at 2020-11-06 04:14:35:

Equal opportunity, not equal outcome.

t-writescode wrote at 2020-11-06 05:46:46:

The legal system, in its infinite wisdom, makes it illegal for rich and poor alike to sleep on a park bench.

nichos wrote at 2020-11-06 04:13:27:

Exactly how much of my income are other people entitled to?

nmfisher wrote at 2020-11-06 08:03:43:

As much as is believed desirable by the elected representatives of the democratic society in which you live.

charliebrownau wrote at 2020-11-06 10:33:15:

Equal Outcome

- Welfare

- Alimony

- Child ' support'

Affirm action

Diversity quotas

female only jobs

black only jobs

gay only jobs

non straight white male only jobs

lower standards

leg over

special rewards

remove skill

remove merit

remove reward hard work

everyone gets a pass/sticker/prize

To get everyone the same you need to lower everyone to the same bar , well every citizen

Of course media, mainstream, rich , 'elite' and goverment isnt held to this lowering

Facism + Socialism + Commies + Zionism , its all the same AUTHORIAN govermence done by FORCE over citizens

its all LEFT WING

its all based on LIES

Its all ENFORCED with armed order followers