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Manifesto week. Policy you want to see? on 13:24 - Jun 11 by J2BLUE
Literally anything?
UBI.
I know some will already be outraged but there have been various studies showing the cost of this and how it would be funded, including savings on some current benefits etc.
The figures I have seen are also higher than I would expect it to pay.
I would propose a £400-500 UBI for adults and £200-£250 UBI for children. This figure is clearly not enough to live on but would give people some sort of freedom and a safety need to target work they would actually find fulfilling. Starting a business would be less of a risk.
Some people may well choose to work less. So what? Let's say some people dropped to a 4 day week, it would have a massive impact on health and mental health. It could save the NHS a fortune. It would potentially takes cars off the roads and reduce climate change emissions. Businesses which rely on workers would be subsidised by the UBI to make up for reduced numbers.
We were all supposed to benefit from technology. We now have super factories where machines do 99% of the work at speeds an Aldi or Lidl checkout assistant could only dream of. Let's raise taxes on the profits these businesses make.
I'm sure there are another 100 reasons why this would be a great idea and possible some downsides I haven't thought of but I bet we could find solutions if we wanted to.
More realistically, nationalise water, public transport and energy.
And a bonus one, create a new national taxpayer owned supermarket. All profits reinvested subsiding fruits, vegetables, wholegrains, beans, pulses etc etc.
Bonus two...when we have 'windfalls', invest the money in a national fund to provide income for the future. I understand windfalls are more like governments realising they can spend another £100 on their credit card before it's maxed again but lets invest that money.
Free broadband.
"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Manifesto week. Policy you want to see? on 07:29 - Jun 12 by BlueNomad
The point I was making is that parties will put in loads of promises that they fail to deliver on. Empty promises.
Watching the debates is demoralising.
The 7 way one just showed how most of them are trained to answer in the same way and make promises to randoms in the audience which will never be delivered.
Send out SAS squads to capture Putin and Netanyahu so that they can be delivered to court in The Hague - obviously this would have to be a secret manifesto pledge and could never be announced to the electorate...
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