You know what work: Universal Booster Bonus - a semi-annual booster to every Canadian of 1000$-$2000. #nbpoli #CanadianPolicy Read on +
Plus this would eliminate the need for a lot of unnecessary third party agencies meant to help as a person. They could pursue their idea rather than jumping hoops to maybe get that 1000$ to do what must be done. Same for any disability supports, renovations, etc. +
A universal booster bonus - the profiteers can’t rely on it like they can a monthly income like proposes with universal basic income. +
UBI is the death toll of a broken system. +
If folks who needed to be on CPP disability (or similar) could get approved in a timely fashion (on average is 3 year delayI think), then they’d have that. +
If folks had industry influenced wages that would allow someone to be okay if they had to go on EI, we’d be okay. +
If diagnosis didn’t take five years and things like glasses, dental procedures, and hearing aids could be covered entirely, then we’d be okay. +
There are so many existing, broken systems that UBI would only exacerbate without major fixing. +
Oh, the scariest thing about UBI for me is society’s greed. That frightens me that it would be so much worse, inflation would sky rocket and everything will be more expensive just because it could be. +
UBI is dangerous because of capitalism. It so dismissive of needs. It’s like saying everyone gets 50$ for a cane but not everyone needs a cane. So, the profiteers will see the folks with an extra 50$ and charge a few bucks more because folks can “afford” it. +
Bonus: the Universal Bonus Booster can be safely stashed in a TFSA until enough is there to pay for the bigger items! Maybe even go toward RRSPs, RESPs and RDSPs without taking from the monthly (strained) budget.
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