Re:Request For Research: Basic Income
by mc32 on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @04:42PM
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I think you're right it doesn't help those who don't have a culture of education. I.e. people who "are first in the family to attend college/uni" of which many are minorities but also a great many are poor whites.
But.... It does help a lot of kids who find it hard to afford college/uni while also having other responsibilities.
Those people who sell a pint here and there to afford gas to get to class, etc. It's not an insignificant amount of people.
So chip at this first, then chip away at the abjectly poor or who simply don't think they have a chance at college/uni.
Of course there is always the danger of human nature wanting to claim, I went to uni as told but still can't get a job. That is it's not just a rite of passage, you have to show personal progress.
But.... It does help a lot of kids who find it hard to afford college/uni while also having other responsibilities.
Those people who sell a pint here and there to afford gas to get to class, etc. It's not an insignificant amount of people.
So chip at this first, then chip away at the abjectly poor or who simply don't think they have a chance at college/uni.
Of course there is always the danger of human nature wanting to claim, I went to uni as told but still can't get a job. That is it's not just a rite of passage, you have to show personal progress.