The two-year trial, which ended a month ago, saw 2,000 Finns, chosen randomly from among the unemployed, become the first Europeans to be paid a regular monthly income by the state that was not reduced if they found work.
Finland -- the world's happiest country last year, according to the United Nations -- is exploring alternatives to its social security model.
The trial was being watched closely by other governments who see a basic income as a way of encouraging the unemployed to take up often low-paid or temporary work without fear of losing their benefits. That could help reduce dependence on the state and cut welfare costs, especially as greater automation sees humans replaced in the workforce.
Finland's minister of health and social affairs Pirkko Mattila said the impact on employment of the monthly pay cheque of 560 euros ($635) "seems to have been minor...
Finland's basic income trial boosts happiness but not ...
As for their experiment... chalk it up to another of a long line of socialist failures.
Oh I know, I know.
The USA currently ranks 31st in science and math education according to PISA. So many socialist failures ahead of them.
The USA currently ranks 17th in freedom according to the conservative Cato Institute. So many of those socialist failures have more freedom than Americans.
Most "more socialist" countries have better healthcare outcomes and a fraction of the cost compared to the USA. They also have tend to have less violence, less hatred, less racism, etc. etc.
So if those socialist countries are failures, the USA can only be described as a "****hole."
Oh I know, I know.
The USA currently ranks 31st in science and math education according to PISA. So many socialist failures ahead of them.
The USA currently ranks 17th in freedom according to the conservative Cato Institute. So many of those socialist failures have more freedom than Americans.
Most "more socialist" countries have better healthcare outcomes and a fraction of the cost compared to the USA. They also have tend to have less violence, less hatred, less racism, etc. etc.
So if those socialist countries are failures, the USA can only be described as a "****hole."
From Reuters:
I had to laugh at the second paragraph... if you know Finns. I do, I’ve lived there after my parents emigrated so many years ago. I love the country, and its people... but the happiest? ROTFLOL... tells you how ****ed yo those types of “polls” are.
The happiest Finns I know are those in the US.
Paragraph 2 reminds me of a joke told to me by a Norwegian while doing some consulting work in the south of that country about 15-years ago. It’s part of my joke arsenal...
A Finn and Norwegian are in a cabin during a long winter’s evening drinking vodka...
Mr. Norge pours a couple shots, they slam the glasses on the table and suck back the poison.
A couple minutes pass...
Same procedure follows...
A couple more minutes pass... same procedure...
This goes on a third, forth, fifth, seventh, ninth, fifteenth time...
After pouring the 16th shot, the Norwegian honors his drinking partner with a “Kippis” (Cheers in Finnish)...
... the Finn looks at his drinking partner in a more than irritated manner and asks him...
... are we here for drinking, or are we here for talking???
If you know Finns, they’re often not the most talkative. When my Norwegian buddy told that joke... I howled... and then promptly told it to my family... who howled.
As for their experiment... chalk it up to another of a long line of socialist failures. This was only 2000 people... over time, like welfare itself, this would become an abomination, and awful for society.
Yea, but all that education and well being overcomes ignorance, low intellect and conservatism and for some people if they do not have those they have nothing.Oh I know, I know.
The USA currently ranks 31st in science and math education according to PISA. So many socialist failures ahead of them.
The USA currently ranks 17th in freedom according to the conservative Cato Institute. So many of those socialist failures have more freedom than Americans.
Most "more socialist" countries have better healthcare outcomes and a fraction of the cost compared to the USA. They also have tend to have less violence, less hatred, less racism, etc. etc.
So if those socialist countries are failures, the USA can only be described as a "****hole."
And who runs the education system?
ROTFLOL... from somebody who likely hasn’t made it out of their county.
That’s why masses of those folks would move to the US in a heartbeat.
Dang dude, just because you've never been out of the USA, doesn't mean everyone else shares your fear of the unknown. I love Canada, but I also love traveling, and do it as often as possible.
Well... Socialists tend to lie. Given the opportunity, masses would, though they wouldn’t likely tell someone hostile to the US... like you."Masses"? Literally nobody I know would move to the USA, their lifestyles would drop far too much. I live in what is considered one of the most livable cities in the world, why would anyone I want to give that up and live in the USA?
Some people don't like to be in perpetual states of anger and snickering. Some actually prefer to be optimistic, change policies for the better, and bask in happiness. Finland is such a people.
Oh I know, I know.
The USA currently ranks 31st in science and math education according to PISA. So many socialist failures ahead of them.
The USA currently ranks 17th in freedom according to the conservative Cato Institute. So many of those socialist failures have more freedom than Americans.
Most "more socialist" countries have better healthcare outcomes and a fraction of the cost compared to the USA. They also have tend to have less violence, less hatred, less racism, etc. etc.
So if those socialist countries are failures, the USA can only be described as a "****hole."
QUICK! Move there before all the slots are taken.
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