Basic Income for Artists

[Owen]

I know it exists in France and in other places. Just imagine. 

 

https://www.bigissue.com/news/ireland-basic-income-scheme-artists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNxok9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBtWTREamlHeXRnSEFpUGdEAR78RHRdvuSVagV9jVXJMOWNsYvbbd12fayeUuStFL0rbLQvJoHNz0oRyj3QnA_aem_lbdeRpo0P1km6wVd0wQ_Eg#Echobox=1761385832

[neepheid]

What?  Get paid to pursue a "hobby"?

 

 

[Burns-bass]

48 minutes ago, Owen said:

I know it exists in France and in other places. Just imagine. 

 

https://www.bigissue.com/news/ireland-basic-income-scheme-artists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNxok9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBtWTREamlHeXRnSEFpUGdEAR78RHRdvuSVagV9jVXJMOWNsYvbbd12fayeUuStFL0rbLQvJoHNz0oRyj3QnA_aem_lbdeRpo0P1km6wVd0wQ_Eg#Echobox=1761385832

“I want AI to do the dishes and the washing and leave me to do the creative stuff, not the other way round…”

[Misdee]

11 hours ago, Owen said:

I know it exists in France and in other places. Just imagine. 

 

https://www.bigissue.com/news/ireland-basic-income-scheme-artists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawNxok9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBtWTREamlHeXRnSEFpUGdEAR78RHRdvuSVagV9jVXJMOWNsYvbbd12fayeUuStFL0rbLQvJoHNz0oRyj3QnA_aem_lbdeRpo0P1km6wVd0wQ_Eg#Echobox=1761385832

It used to exist in the U.K. It was called Income Support.

[Gank Bass]

I work full time but I fully support the idea.

 

We all consume art in some form, but in the current climate it is pretty much untenable unless you are backed by a corporation or come from wealth. 

 

I forgot who said it but the quote that always sticks with me is "isn't it funny how there's always money for war"

[Burns-bass]

34 minutes ago, Gank Bass said:

I work full time but I fully support the idea.

 

We all consume art in some form, but in the current climate it is pretty much untenable unless you are backed by a corporation or come from wealth. 

 

I forgot who said it but the quote that always sticks with me is "isn't it funny how there's always money for war"

The economic arguments for this stuff are quite persuasive, but they’ll never get a look in from a large proportion of the public.

[tegs07]

50 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

The economic arguments for this stuff are quite persuasive, but they’ll never get a look in from a large proportion of the public.

To be fair much of the public are so exhausted running ever faster on the hamster wheel and getting further away from where they started to be interested in other people getting subsidies (even if they are from war torn nations and have lost everything).

Edited 16 hours ago by tegs07