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Mon 23 Mar 2015 10:06PM

Proposal on UBI for Online PPI GA 29th March

AR Andrew Reitemeyer Public Seen by 219

May the General Assembly of the Pirate Parties International decide the
following declaration:

Pirates see labor not just as a tradeable commodity, but also as a
person's individual achievement. Respect for human dignity therefore
commands that each person can decide freely which occupation he or she
wishes to pursue and which job to take, but also that such services be
adequately compensated.

Thanks to technological development it is no longer necessary that each
monotonous, senseless or even dangerous task be performed by humans. We
welcome and wish to promote this significant advance. Hence we consider
the goal of absolute full employment as outdated and not socially
desirable. Instead, we want to achieve that all people receive their
adequate share of the general wealth; to this end, we will consider the
introduction of a basic income guarantee.

Official motion: http://wiki.pp-international.net/Online_GA_2015/Motions#MO-4_Basic_Income

AR

Poll Created Mon 23 Mar 2015 10:07PM

Should we support PPDE Proposal on UBI Closed Thu 26 Mar 2015 7:04AM

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 60.0% 3 DU HM PC
Abstain 40.0% 2 AR BV
Disagree 0.0% 0  
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 36 J AJ TF KT TJ DP CM M RU PA AB M B JB PY P JP RF CM MJS

5 of 41 people have participated (12%)

BV

Ben Vidulich
Abstain
Tue 24 Mar 2015 6:28AM

I am not well enough informed about UBI to have a strong opinion (agree in principle)

HM

Hubat McJuhes
Agree
Tue 24 Mar 2015 9:02AM

a UBI is the logical iterative orogression from welfare toeards fairness.

AR

Andrew Reitemeyer
Abstain
Wed 25 Mar 2015 2:37AM

I am not happy with PPI taking stands on policy even if we agree.

PC

Peter Cummuskey Mon 23 Mar 2015 10:27PM

While I agree with UBI in principle, I also realise that a policy like this will hamper our efforts to be taken seriously by the populace. There is an instinctive dislike for anything that "essentially" rewards being lazy.

HM

Hubat McJuhes Wed 25 Mar 2015 8:14PM

@zl4bv , @petercummuskey : I can offer you (and other who may be interested) to borrow my copy of 'The Big Kahuna - Tax and Welfare' by Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie where the idea of an UBI is discussed and the expected effects are scientifically deducted and calculated the numbers. It is a serious study that shows that it can be done is not unreasonable (even though I would advocate for a slightly different 'geometry' than the authors to avoid a negative impact for single parents).

There is a calculator available where - given a particular set of paramters - the costs can be estimated:
http://www.bigkahuna.org.nz/calculator/finance-minister.aspx

HM

Hubat McJuhes Wed 25 Mar 2015 8:18PM

@petercummuskey People that don't earn money should not be seen as lazy by default. About 80% of the work in OECD countries are in fact unpaid work, e.g. household work, caring for family, also hobbyist work, amateur science, amateur sport, not to forget Open Source software development,... . People are not aiming at being lazy and want to be challenged by default. this seems counter-intuitive from the outset but can be proven.

HM

Hubat McJuhes Wed 25 Mar 2015 8:24PM

@andrewreitemeyer I sort of see your point. But could it be that PPDE is trying to safe a party platform that is otherwise about to implode by suggesting changing the mandate (probably amongst other things)?
PPDE seems to have formulated a set of general policies that are a good example of problems that need to be addressed on a higher than national scale. It might be worthwhile to discuss if (or under which conditions) PPI could be a platform to formulate those.
For us (PPNZ) it seems like a gift to be able to show that we actually stand for a set of defined policies and that those are backed by more than half a dozen of persons, but are backed by a movement in > 30 countries.

AR

Andrew Reitemeyer Thu 26 Mar 2015 4:29AM

@hubatmcjuhes Yes, if it is only used as a platform to lobby international agencies like the UN but:
1 Some, like UBI, can only be implemented nationally on a case by case basis
2. These policies could become a standard by which national parties are judged and even a standard for admission to PPI itself.

I see it as dangerous.

HM

Hubat McJuhes Thu 26 Mar 2015 10:36AM

@andrewreitemeyer
1 all policies can only be implemented on a national level as there is no planetary government. Even whatever the UN decides needs to be implemented by national governments as there are none of higher levels.
1 b) while some nations could possibly consider implementing a UBI on a national level alone (like Aotearoa New Zealand), most countries (first and foremost European countries where the citizens can move freely amongst them ) cannot reasonably do so as it would impose unbearable frictions with neighbouring counties unless the efforts would be synchronised on an international level.

2 This could be a problem that needs to be addressed. I believe there are currently defined criterias what alleges a national organisation to become a member of PPI right now? It must be clear that fulfilling those criterias is sufficient to claim right to become a PPI member - not the agreement with all or some of these PPI policies. Quite the contrary, really: once you (as an organisation) are eligible for membership you should be able to challenge any of the PPI policies.

It might be necessary to inject an according proposal to clarify the rank of PPI policies before agreement by PPNZ can be given to any of those. We should try to find an agreement on this abstraction level quickly (before the 29th), so that we have a chance to agree to the separate items if the overall conditions allow.

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