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Poverty reduction strategies are wrong-headed
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Oct 23 2012
Studies are clear: the savings from eliminating poverty would be enormous, reducing costs associated with health care, addictions, policing, and so on… with greater funds, people living in poverty… require fewer social services, are more motivated to achieve greater education, and have more resources and better drive to seek better jobs… a basic income through a negative income tax that would give money directly to people who need it… but “community leaders” too often ignore this idea.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Social Security Policy Context | 1 Comment »
Consider guaranteed annual income to reduce poverty
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Oct 19 2012
“If you go out and work, you should be better off than on social assistance.” A guaranteed annual income works with, rather than against, low-wage earners, and removes the “welfare wall” — that point when there is no financial incentive to working. The guaranteed annual income challenges our assumptions about motivation and personal responsibility.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Social Security Policy Context | 1 Comment »
Young Canadians facing deep declines in standard of living
Saturday, September 29th, 2012
Sep 28 2012
While policies that can create minimum wages and some social housing are important, they do little to help the typical 38-year-old today who has debt that is more than 100 per cent of household income because of housing and tuition costs. A generation ago, the norm was around 40 per cent. So we must look to other policy mechanisms that will reduce time and income pressures as younger Canadians start jobs, careers and homes.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, housing, pensions, poverty, standard of living, youth
Posted in Equality Policy Context | No Comments »
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