Re:Finland launches trial program to pay unemployed citizens...
by jusssi on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:44AM
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With the amount, it might be possible to survive, not to decently live long-term.
Personally, the lowest I was able to achieve in practice was about 650€. Gotchas:
1. It was over 10 years ago
2. I had student discounts on housing, lunches, public transport etc.
I suppose I could still have squeezed that down if I really had to, fortunately I didn't.
Note that this doesn't really "cost" anything as the people in the program are already receiving generous unemployment benefits, " The amount will be deducted from any benefits they already receive."
So the difference mainly is that you don't have to ask for this money or report it if you start to earn money. I wonder how your other benefits are affected though (child support, living expenses like rent and utilities etc.) if you indeed get a job.
The bureaucracy is a nightmare here with unemployment benefits, so hopefully something good will come out of this project.