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As Ireland's $1,500-a-month basic income pilot program for creatives nears its end in February, officials have to answer a simple question: Is it worth it?

With four months to go, they say the answer is yes.

Earlier this month, Ireland's government announced its 2026 budget, which includes "a successor to the pilot Basic Income Scheme for the Arts to begin next year" among its expenditures.

Ireland is just one of many places experimenting with guaranteed basic income programs, which provide recurring, unrestricted payments to people in a certain demographic. These programs differ from a universal basic income, which would provide payments for an entire population.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (28 children)

The question is: Who or what determines if you are an artist?

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

This is why universal* basic is the proper way. We're heading toward a world where there will never be enough existing jobs for everyone who wants to work, let alone those who can't work, and finally the smallest cohort, those who don't want to "work" at all.

The administrative burden of means testing so many people is absurd. And when you do and they fail then what?

People who are against looking after the unemployed rarely say the quiet part out loud. That they don't care about homelessness, disease, violent crime, or whatever, since they can isolate themselves away from it. The law works for them, and so does the system, so they're safe. So let the peasants who refuse to tow the line figure it out on their own.

[–] IlovePizza@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

*universal Took me a minute 😅

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Fuck, oops. Swipe typing on Android is a minefield of typos. But it's so fast one handed.

One day AI will properly fix my typos. Maybe.

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