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empathy as an argument for basic income

[...] Empathy derives from a strong faith in the human condition. It is the ability to put oneself in another's shoes and to accept that people have the right to live as they wish, as long as they do no intentional or careless harm to others. Defending these values in the face of lurches to authori…

—p.292 Basic Income: And How We Can Make It Happen The Political Challenge--How To Get There From Here (279) by Guy Standing
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confronting the idea of "taxpayers' money"

[...] the funding should be shown as coming from 'capital' or forms of rent, so the media could not present it as taxing Bill to pay Jack.

—p.286 The Political Challenge--How To Get There From Here (279) by Guy Standing
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the existing system topic/drift

[...] In the UK, the existing system was well described by the Scottish National MP Ronnie Cowan in a House of Commons debate on basic income in September 2016:

If we were all given a blank sheet of paper and asked to design a welfare system, nobody--but nobody--would come up with the system w…

—p.284 The Political Challenge--How To Get There From Here (279) by Guy Standing
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the affordability question

It is often assumed that low-income countries cannot afford basic income. [...]

—p.237 Basic Income and Development (217) by Guy Standing
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a basic income pilot in Namibia topic/drift

[...] Once the cash transfers started, parents had enough money to pay school fees, and teachers had money to buy paper, pens, books, posters, paints and brushes, making the school more attractive to parents and children and raising the moral and, probably, the capacity of its teachers.

—p.231 Basic Income and Development (217) by Guy Standing