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France eyeing up inclusive benefits system that will see every adult get €750 a month for free... because ROBOTS are taking over 3million jobs!

 
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There is no such thing in this world as free money. Why would any company give you 750 euros per month to stay home and play PS4.
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Not all people would stay at home just to play and if they did then so what. Many people don't like to be idle and would be creative and establish more ways to bring in income when they know they have a cushion so they can take risks.
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There is no such thing in this world as free money. Why would any company give you 750 euros per month to stay home and play PS4.
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To keep you and your starving friends from rioting in the streets.


As many have said, it's coming, yes to the USA as well. Anyone who pays attention can see it coming from miles away.

Wage stagnation, increasing automation, rising cost of living, longer lifespans and a large bubble of soon-to-be-elderly coming up, increasing miniaturization, increased societal awareness re: what is actually necessary to 'live' vs exist and awareness of QOL (note, I did not say income) inequality.


It's coming. And I say this as a conservative 32 year old white male with an education and one of those jobs that will not be automated away (at least not without leaps and bounds of improvements in AI).

There will come a point, and I think end of trump or immediately after, where it will seem like we have another magical tech golden age. The technology exists to never have more than two or three people in, for example, a fast food restaurant, but the mindset to accept that in the public isn't here. Very few humans need to waste their lives in mines, in factories, in fast food jobs, etc. Not everyone is intelligent enough to be a developer, or doctor, or whatever. So they must be paid to exist, or starve. The world is moving on.

This is the easy part, coming up. The hard part is going to be after 70 years of living wage payments and the population has stabilized into the 'do' and 'do not' (because all will, more or less, have), what are we going to do about the do-nots. Because that's the next question, and that is when morals and ideals will truly be tested.
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Where is this "free" money coming from? I spend about half the year in Québec, and everybody there is always trumpeting their "free" healthcare. That shit's not free. Everybody is paying like 17% sales tax on everything to pay for it. I'm wondering what the heck these boobs are thinking. Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money.

Is France going to just invent some more fiat currency? How does this work? Free money? Seriously? They should cut out the middle man and just give people free groceries, or free water, or free electricity.
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How about a robot tax?
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Re: France eyeing up inclusive benefits system that will see every adult get €750 a month for free... because ROBOTS are taking over 3million jobs!
Our Father in Heaven says "do not fear men".

So, why in heck would you fear a "robot"!!!!!!!

Any person who has worked with any technology knows this is a false fear being spread (that robots will take your job) for "robots" cannot THINK nor UNDERSTAND nor fix themselves.

This now answers my question on why my computer's "search" feature was replaced by the words "Ask Me Anything". It is as if someone wants you to think it is a living being. These words TRICK the mind.
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The minimalist movement is on the rise. People are getting tired of working for big houses and stuff to fill it up. People are looking for more time to do the things they love and to develop talents and to also help others. A basic income would even facilitate this movement even more.

I could see so many moms being able to quit jobs to stay home and raise their families. When I grew up we had one car(eventually got two but they weren't expensive) and a small home. Mom made all the meals and even sewed some of our clothes. People were more relaxed even though we didn't have much. We had time though. Everyone on our street knew each other and families were really involved in schools. Even homeschooling on a larger scale would be possible as well with a parent at home.

This could really be a winning situation because most people would not become idle. They would become to opposite and communities would thrive.
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France are eyeing up an inclusive benefits system that would see every adult receive a basic income of €750 in the fear robots will take over 3million jobs. Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year's presidential election are promising the money to all French adults.

The radical move is already being tested in Finland and other experiments are planned elsewhere - including in the United States...

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]
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Our local council in Scotland are to do it as well. Fife and Glasgow councils have signed up to trial the basic income scheme
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France are eyeing up an inclusive benefits system that would see every adult receive a basic income of €750 in the fear robots will take over 3million jobs. Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year's presidential election are promising the money to all French adults.

The radical move is already being tested in Finland and other experiments are planned elsewhere - including in the United States...

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]
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I like you because you are like the neutral one they put out there to post shit, so let me clue you in on what will happen with this.

Everyone, rich or poor, tends to be greedy. So, this is how it works:

Government; Yo bitches you want some free dough?

Serfs; AWW YUS FREE MONEY GIEF

Government; Yo there's a lot of fraud with this free money, we need a system to stop fraud!!!

Serfs; YEAHHH FRAUD IS BAD FIX IT MEIN FUHRER

Government; OK LOL WE GOT A SOLUTION WE ARE GONNA PUT THE MONEY ON A CHIP IN YOUR WRIST LOL

Serfs; Uhm that sounds a bit fucked up but freee money!!!! GIEF!!

Aaaaaand even the smartest in the country become chipped like animals just before the shift to implanted RFID chips containing your shit.

Whilst the greedy majority bend over and take it up the arse the handful of people who can see where this is going will be forced to take the money implant. I mean, the mindset and the way they will preface it will be like this:

"HURRR THIS GUY IS WORRIED ABOUT FREE MONEY HE'S UP TO NO GOOD OR A TERRORIST"

The idea is that it becomes socially acceptable to chip people like dogs and put all their money on that chip. If you become wanted ?? Motherfuckers turn your chip off lol.. Taxman decides you owe mad amount of money?? LOL you're overdrawn on your chip.

I could go on but yeah the masters want to keep better tabs on their cattle and they aren't happy with 24/7 surveillence. They want 24/7 logs of financial transactions now.

Shits fucked yo but im apparently mad
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The minimalist movement is on the rise. People are getting tired of working for big houses and stuff to fill it up. People are looking for more time to do the things they love and to develop talents and to also help others. A basic income would even facilitate this movement even more.

I could see so many moms being able to quit jobs to stay home and raise their families. When I grew up we had one car(eventually got two but they weren't expensive) and a small home. Mom made all the meals and even sewed some of our clothes. People were more relaxed even though we didn't have much. We had time though. Everyone on our street knew each other and families were really involved in schools. Even homeschooling on a larger scale would be possible as well with a parent at home.

This could really be a winning situation because most people would not become idle. They would become to opposite and communities would thrive.
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Why do you think Trump has a platform running on JOBS?

Why do you think he had a TV show about WORKING and then firing you if you did not "win"?

In Cypress, they rolled this out first under the guise of "Dignity in Labor/Work" (which is the Pope's message). It came with the "absolute requirement TO WORK".

If you think something is going to be free you have already been had.
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Oh how nice their building a star trek like utopia...

...what could possibly go wrong.

The only substitute for capitalism is submission and ultimately...slavery.

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France are eyeing up an inclusive benefits system that would see every adult receive a basic income of €750 in the fear robots will take over 3million jobs. Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year's presidential election are promising the money to all French adults.

The radical move is already being tested in Finland and other experiments are planned elsewhere - including in the United States...

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]
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This needs to happen everywhere that they want capitalism to not fail.

I have been talking about this since I was a kid during the auto layoffs.

Money is not backed by anything, the banks can make it out of thin air for themselves, now it needs to be done for the people so this fragile system does not implode.
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France are eyeing up an inclusive benefits system that would see every adult receive a basic income of €750 in the fear robots will take over 3million jobs. Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year's presidential election are promising the money to all French adults.

The radical move is already being tested in Finland and other experiments are planned elsewhere - including in the United States...

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]
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Our local council in Scotland are to do it as well. Fife and Glasgow councils have signed up to trial the basic income scheme
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Are they? That'll be interesting. Let us know how it goes won't you?

Seriously. I'm interested in this, because I can see that the system we have now is on the verge of collapse.
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France are eyeing up an inclusive benefits system that would see every adult receive a basic income of €750 in the fear robots will take over 3million jobs. Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year's presidential election are promising the money to all French adults.

The radical move is already being tested in Finland and other experiments are planned elsewhere - including in the United States...

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]
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Damn... Life will be so boring then. Imo this can only works if population is less than 3 billion.
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too many (idiots) !

UK is already threatening the EU socialist bloc that it will become a fiscal paradise if their exports (to EU) will be overtaxed (Ironically, the same import tax with which Trump won the election...!)

The fact they used the 'fiscal paradise' = less taxation blackmail tells me these "idiotic elites" never forgot what brings quickly prosperity to a country ---> less taxation = less stealing by the guberment --> more into peoples pockets --> more innovation --> more prosperity

It UK will start the trend od 'less taxation here', the rest will follow or starve.

and when the competion will be unbearable, WAR will start (not free money for the lazu fucks..)

too many!
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France are eyeing up an inclusive benefits system that would see every adult receive a basic income of €750 in the fear robots will take over 3million jobs. Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year's presidential election are promising the money to all French adults.

The radical move is already being tested in Finland and other experiments are planned elsewhere - including in the United States...

[link to www.dailymail.co.uk]
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Our local council in Scotland are to do it as well. Fife and Glasgow councils have signed up to trial the basic income scheme
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Are they? That'll be interesting. Let us know how it goes won't you?

Seriously. I'm interested in this, because I can see that the system we have now is on the verge of collapse.
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I think it will be next year before its up and running. The council have said they will have to work out an amount plus where the money will be coming from.
Think it will be interesting and makes a change for people who work to gain anything
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Just musing....

Today 3d printing can create just about anything.

3d printing will put the robots out of work

Then what will they do with all those robots?

Hmmm - control us humans like we herd cattle?
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FREE SHIT ARMY GETS SUPERCHARGED!


HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR THE MILLENIALS...THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WORK AND GET EVERYTHING FOR FREE...

PEACE AT LAST
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They're doing this to control the inflation of the Euro. You idiots on this thread do not know how or what to think. The Euro is directly tied to the American Dollar *The benchmark of exchange* The Dollar is inflating itself out of existence as they print $billions per day. Therefor the Euro is inflating itself out of existence. This has nothing top do with robots and free shit. It all has to do with keeping control after the only currency in the world fails and that's the American dollar. People are so stupid they think not producing and free shit is the answer. What a bunch of dumbasses ! chuckle
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"Who's gonna pay for it?" Simple folks, it digital money on a plastic card. It's not like it will be gold or something. It will be digitized money which if more fiat than the paper dollars they are racing to vaporize. I wouldn't be surprised if this is where the "mark" will come from. Without it you won't eat for sure....
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It's the opposite actually. If we continue to use bank paper and honor their debts they will enter into negative rates and charge interest on your deposits.

They will also charge you 6-8% of all your transactions, purchases and deposits and they will also record all your transactions and sell them to interested parties like insurance companies or your employer.

That is the effect of the debt that structures an economy forcing it into servicing the debt. It's actually castrating the economy because the more debt that has to be serviced, the less "organic" economic activity can occur because it's tied up in servicing debt that was already used for consumption.

So we need to force government to print it's own currency and support itself along with it's massive entitlement apparatus to keep our private lives private.
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you had better get prepared for a lot of guaranteed. minimum income talk, because it's coming.

in the next 15-20 years, 40% of ALL middle management jobs will be gone because of technology. 100% of the customer service jobs will be gone. 100% of manufacturing and retail jobs will be gone. 100% of driving jobs will be gone in 25 years.

You will have two options. Guaranteed minimum free income or the total destruction of society. Those will be your choices.

Socialism or mad max. You choose. And be careful about the Mad Max choice. You might be all tough and prepped now... but I highly doubt you are really prepared.
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Elysium, watch it...
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it's called a mandatory "living wage"

It's all the rage in leftist liberal nations. Here in Canuckistan there are politicians raising this possibility.

Everyone gets free money as a "living wage". Better than welfare or EBT!!!!

Of course the end result of this is more and more people sitting on their ass, less and less people working - why bother? - and then finally the government says "You are taking our money - you will do what we say!"

And communism in all it's glory is upon us.

Socialism gives birth to communism always.
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This is joke niqqers will get money for free ,but people in real trouble orphans and homeless nothing just because they are white.Niqqers and muslims already get a lot of money from welafare.By the way more welafare means that niqqers and muslims will start flooding France even more
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it's called a mandatory "living wage"

It's all the rage in leftist liberal nations. Here in Canuckistan there are politicians raising this possibility.

Everyone gets free money as a "living wage". Better than welfare or EBT!!!!

Of course the end result of this is more and more people sitting on their ass, less and less people working - why bother? - and then finally the government says "You are taking our money - you will do what we say!"

And communism in all it's glory is upon us.

Socialism gives birth to communism always.
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I would tell you to read my previous post in this topic. It is being am...snowed over. ;)
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[link to www.youtube.com (secure)] this video sums it perfect
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I envision the world moving to a star trek style socialist hybrid system this century with single world government. Either aliens are real and will be the focal point of this change, or the aliens will be manufactured to create the focal point. It doesn't really matter which. But there will be a common worldwide enemy that will be used to usher in this system.

There are too many poor people with no way out of where they are. And just a few LIBERALS own half the world. It's unsustainable.

Capitalism, which creates freedom and lets the individual choose his fate will be set aside because the argument will be that it doesn't work. Just look at the billions of poor all over the world.

There really is nothing for these poor to do to participate in capitalism, they have nothing to offer. Until they are enlisted to create star ships and become the new planetary military force to combat the new enemy. Everybody will work toward the common good to kill the aliens, it will be similar to the military. The cost will be too high, so it will not be financed with money. It will be a socialistic military world government with elements of capitalism to give the stupid hope. While everyone will be a slave to the world president's whims.


I prefer a capitalist small government that leaves me alone in my cabin in the mountains to live life as I see fit, while providing roads, libraries, schools, and basic support for the elderly and needy that have no other choice.


Bibletards need not reply. Demons are not aliens, and Allah's son is not the enemy coming back either. There is no antichrist. You sound retarded.
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If money is created out of air anyway, why not print some extra for the people?

In an economy that is based on money, giving people some more would benefit everyone and put a very simple end to poverty. Even those sitting on the couch, playing their PS4 will be providing the gaming-companies with happy customers who are actually able to buy their things. Would probably end piracy as well. And yes, those who desperately try to swim on, going from one lousy job to the next (and wow, having a job at all these days...) because they can hardly get by... well... say goodbye to that too. Will be missed, won't it? By whom?

A basic income is not a new idea. It has been tested, positively. Wonder what happened to the results... It was somewhere in the 50s in your very own US of A. It made the people happier, more independent and actually...more active. It gave people the choice to do what they thought fitted them best. And thus with best results, and a good work-ethic.

But who would want that? No, we rather curse those who can't fend for themselves, even if it is not by their fault. Let them drown. And if they come for help, we apparently consider it our right to down talk them and pretend we can tell them what to do. Because we care so much, right?

Money... Pfff... what a curse.

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What is the incentive to get out of bed in the morning and go to work then if you are handed free money?
If no one goes to work, who bakes the bread? Who drives the buses? Who teaches the kids in school? Why go to school? Who builds the houses?

You have an extremely errant view of economy, society and the world.
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If money is created out of air anyway, why not print some extra for the people?

In an economy that is based on money, giving people some more would benefit everyone and put a very simple end to poverty. Even those sitting on the couch, playing their PS4 will be providing the gaming-companies with happy customers who are actually able to buy their things. Would probably end piracy as well. And yes, those who desperately try to swim on, going from one lousy job to the next (and wow, having a job at all these days...) because they can hardly get by... well... say goodbye to that too. Will be missed, won't it? By whom?

A basic income is not a new idea. It has been tested, positively. Wonder what happened to the results... It was somewhere in the 50s in your very own US of A. It made the people happier, more independent and actually...more active. It gave people the choice to do what they thought fitted them best. And thus with best results, and a good work-ethic.

But who would want that? No, we rather curse those who can't fend for themselves, even if it is not by their fault. Let them drown. And if they come for help, we apparently consider it our right to down talk them and pretend we can tell them what to do. Because we care so much, right?

Money... Pfff... what a curse.

rex
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What is the incentive to get out of bed in the morning and go to work then if you are handed free money?
If no one goes to work, who bakes the bread? Who drives the buses? Who teaches the kids in school? Why go to school? Who builds the houses?

You have an extremely errant view of economy, society and the world.
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You must be in the very privileged position of having a job you enjoy. If you had enough to survive, would you suddenly quit your job and be bored instead? Trust me, sitting at home is an empty, lonely and boring existence.

For most of us who are not so fortunate, getting out of bed in the morning is the biggest chore of the day.

Getting up to your routine, mindless, often exhausting job in return for a piss poor pay that hardly covers the bills... There comes a point where you don't feel like getting up anymore, just to survive. Especially when robots are right there to replace you.

A lot of these people would finally have the freedom to focus on what they want to do. Never heard of volunteers? They work because they want to, and guess what, they are not getting payed.

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France are eyeing up an inclusive benefits system that would see every adult receive a basic income of €750 in the fear robots will take over 3million jobs. Two of the seven candidates vying to represent the ruling Socialist Party in this year's presidential election are promising the money to all French adults.

The radical move is already being tested in Finland and other experiments are planned elsewhere - including in the United States...


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Get them "robots" a crackin!

When do I get my check??
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Re: France eyeing up inclusive benefits system that will see every adult get €750 a month for free... because ROBOTS are taking over 3million jobs!
Where is this "free" money coming from? I spend about half the year in Québec, and everybody there is always trumpeting their "free" healthcare. That shit's not free. Everybody is paying like 17% sales tax on everything to pay for it. I'm wondering what the heck these boobs are thinking. Socialism only works until you run out of other people's money.

Is France going to just invent some more fiat currency? How does this work? Free money? Seriously? They should cut out the middle man and just give people free groceries, or free water, or free electricity.
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It wouldn't be 'free' money. It would replace things like child benefit, housing benefit, tax credits, job seekers allowance, universal credit etc. Tax and national insurance credits would still be in place. The DWP, child benefit lot, the admin in local councils who deal with council tax benefit/ housing benefit would be a thing of the past.

It would be a flat payment to every man woman and child......then it would be up to them if they wanted to scrape by on the bare minimum..........or for people who want to work it would be on top of their wages

The savings in useless admin......even just from closing the dwp would be astronomical.

I , personally , think it's a sensible option to save money. A flat payment, NO other benefits.
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This is exactly correct. As I said before the regional council where I stay in Scotland are going to trial the scheme and the only people here who are complaining about it are on benefits.
It may not work but its a refreshing change to know that workers will be rewarded more than folk on benefits.
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Re: France eyeing up inclusive benefits system that will see every adult get €750 a month for free... because ROBOTS are taking over 3million jobs!
economics 101 - giving everyone in the country a free gift of X euros on a monthly basis will just result in a proportional price increase nullifying the free gift
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Re: France eyeing up inclusive benefits system that will see every adult get €750 a month for free... because ROBOTS are taking over 3million jobs!
We should do that here. Women would finally have the same incomes as men.

Blacks as whites.

Refugees as people born here.





GLP