photo: Skitterphoto The World Economic Forum and many other mainstream media and reknown organizations mention the UBI. Some countries are in the implementation stage and many "tests" are taking place around the globe. However, it's everyone's guessing why UBI hasn't changed a thing and has in fact created more problems along the way. Take Greece for example. A similar program was introduced in late 2016 in which very poor people would benefit by making a simple petition, sending some proving papers to the municipality or the service responsible and then be granted a fixed amount of money every month. Why I am against this UBI or whatever it is called and all of its variations? At first it sounds very utopian! How nice to help out the poor, the needy, the disabled, the unemployed! But do you know how they are being helped out? Not by a fair re-distribution of wealth and money and resources but by impoverishing the rest of the population. Those who sti
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