Finland “experiments” with social engineering.
The most amazing part is that they are reporting only 2000 unemployed citizens in the entire country. Not content, they are going to start to “fix” the “problem.” Oh, geez.
(UPI) — For 2,000 unemployed citizens in Finland, the New Year is bringing a monthly basic income benefit of nearly $600 as part of an entitlement experiment.
The two-year pilot program will give 560 euros to the unemployed Finnish citizens ages 25 to 58. The program replaces other social benefits.
The program is run by Kela, one of Finland’s social security agencies.
“For someone receiving a basic income, there are no repercussions if they work a few days or a couple of weeks,” Marjukka Turunen, head of Kela’s Legal Affairs Unit, said in a statement. “Incidental earnings do not reduce the basic income, so working and self-employment are worthwhile no matter what.”
Turunen said she hopes the experiment will help Finnish officials make the country’s social security system more efficient, which is complicated as there could be up to 40 different benefit systems for an individual. Each benefit — whether it’s illness, unemployment, for a student, for the elderly, etc. — is calculated differently and changes depending on the beneficiary’s status.
“That’s really a burden for customers and Kela to do all those status changes,” Turunen told Business Insider. “The system nowadays, it’s pretty negative for people who try to do something — even little — in their lives and get something out of it.”
The experiment may also provide insight on how people behave when provided with a basic income. Skeptics argue people who receive free money would rather remain unemployed, while proponents argue those people would use that money to make their lives better, such as by launching business ventures.
“Some people might stay on their couches, and some might go to work,” Turunen said. “We don’t know yet.”
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How come I know??
they’d be better off if they labeled those 2000 as ‘Somalians’ & send them to Minnesota
… ‘course, they’d better do it within the next 2 weeks
“How come I know??”
Because you’re not lying.
They know what you know but, one way or the other, the Left profits. Even from collapse. The trick is to convince the masses you actually believe what you’re telling them is for everyone’s good. When it fails, they’re ready with a plan to bail you out…at your expense, never theirs.
That’s why there were the “C” and “c” communists.
The C were in it for the power, and were in the ruling class.
The c were the peasants and useful idiots.
I expect there will be a lot of bureaucrats out of a job because the bene calculations won’t be complicated anymore../s
Didn’t the Swiss propose this but the public voted it down? Not that many Finnish Army knives out there, are there.
It’s sad to watch the de evolution of once prosperous and proud European nations. And they have lost American tourism as part of the de evolution. That used to be a major source of income.
Americans who travel there are as stupid as New Years revellers in Turkey.
Get your independent nations back and purge your Islamists. We’ll talk later.
Sad.
Don’t you REMEMBER, Fur?!?
Bill Gates’ seed money was his family’s EBT Card!