Basic Income at the Community Level
I am impressed by the idea of an unconditional basic income (hereinafter referred to as BGE) and belong to the quarter that voted "Yes" in the poll on June 5, 2016 [1]. Why didn't it work? In my opinion, one of the biggest problems that stood in the way of a national * introduction was assessing the consequences and risks. *: The initiative says roughly: "The 'Bund' ensures the introduction of a basic income that enables the 'entire' population to live in dignity." Out and about in the Jura A few weeks after the vote, I set off with colleagues for a bike weekend in the Jura. On the way we had lively discussions about various topics, including the UBI and the recent referendum. We asked ourselves what stopped us Swiss from accepting the initiative and came up with the uncertainty and the risk. Another topic on the way was dealing with dependencies in software development (keyword: "Dependency Inversion Principle" [2]). As an engineer,...