This article response to the allegation that basic income is unrealistic by arguing that the idea of full employment at a living wage is far less realistic.
L'Hirondelle, C.A., "Job Fairy or Universal Livable Income: What
is More
Realistic?" June 7, 2013
http://livable4all.tumblr.com/post/52402871329/job-fairy-or-universal-livable-income-what-is-more
Written as response to the article, "Six Lessons from the Alaska Model," by Karl Widerquist (http://binews.org/2013/07/opinion-six-lesson-from-the-alaska-model/), C.A. L'Hirondelle, Frederik Schenk, and Eric Manneschmidt argue that resource dividends are not a good source of funding for a basic income because,
"The Alaska Permanent Fund and concepts like it are created to corrupt people into accepting a business that they might otherwise strongly oppose." The authors support BIG, but not this method of financing.
L'Hirondelle, C.A., Frederik Schenk, and Eric
Manneschmidt,
"Why Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is a bad idea," Livable4all, July 12, 2013:
http://livable4all.tumblr.com/post/56267288138/why-alaska-permanent-fund-dividend-is-a-bad-idea
Moase, Godfrey "Why Australians deserve a universal minimum income"
The author writes, "I'd like to see every citizen receive a basic income of AUD$30,000 per year. No exceptions, no means testing. This is why."
Moase, Godfrey "Why Australians deserve a universal minimum income," The Guardian, Wednesday 19 June 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/19/australia-minimum-wage
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