If you don't know about UBI it's a system where everyone gets a given amount of money every month.
Why I support UBI:
- It effectively eliminates poverty by allocating a basic floor income to everyone citizen every month.
- It encourages less fraudulent behaviour like under the table work for people collecting benefits.
- Power to say no to undesirable jobs, and negotiate wages more effectively.
- Useful in the case of massive job displacement due to machines/AI.
- Unpaid/volunteer jobs are now rewarded. (This with platforms like steemit would be revolutionary.)
- No more invasive means testing (Everyone gets it.)
- Less inequality!
Some ways to fund it:
- Allocate resources from some of the other benefits programs.
- Cut some military spending. (This is more for the USA)
- Add a luxury tax
- Land value tax
- Carbon Tax
With other effective taxes you probably wouldn't have to add to income tax and can probably reduce it over time.
You can read more about basic income at these following websites.
http://www.basicincome.org/
http://www.basicincomecanada.org/
Other notable people I follow:
Scott Santens - http://www.scottsantens.com/
Federico Pistono - https://steemit.com/@federicopistono
Matt Orfalea - https://www.youtube.com/user/Orf