Finland considers basic income to reform welfare system
Source: BBC
With unemployment an increasing concern, four out of five Finns now are in favour of a basic income.
"A basic income? Yes, I'd gladly have €1,000 (£700, $1,100) a month," says one man at a centre for the unemployed in Pori, near Finland's west coast. But the amount is unlikely to be anywhere near that high.
He is the among the jobless who have come to an old, wooden building in city, where they can get cheap food, shop at a second-hand market, and take part in a variety of activities on offer.
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"A basic income would encourage people to take a temporary job," says Paivi Hietikko, who helps out at the centre. Although she has no regular income at the moment, she does receive a payment for her work here.
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Finland has a means-tested welfare system, which this would seek to replace with an unconditional basic income.
The Finnish unemployment rate is 9.4% currently.
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