Hefin Gwilym, Lecturer in Social Policy, Bangor University, Dave Beck, Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Salford
The Welsh government has announced that its universal basic income (UBI) project will not be continued after the initial pilot ends in 2025 because of the cost.
The trial involved paying monthly payments of £1,600 each to a group of 635 care leavers. The scheme, which began in 2022, was offered to all young people leaving the care system at the age of 18.
Bruh, I don’t need the media to tell me that giving away my money to grifters and degenerates is a shitty way to use it.
Socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money. You want to help people, you pay for it.
Money doesn’t have owners. That’s why, in order to accumulate wealth, the violent acquisition of property was necessary.
Capitalist systems also regularly refresh their coffers with money by taxation. Are you someone that believes that a state can exist without taxation?