Posted 10th September 2018 to the Dominion Post Newspaper & Hon Winston Peters
I would like to let my friends in the Government know that there are some really smart Ideas coming out of the Progressives in the USA that could be useful to New Zealand. Government Guaranteed Jobs is one such Idea.
It is UBI with a work focus.
The Idea that People need meaning in their lives is just part of being alive. Prison, Bad Jobs and Work and Income are all toxic to the human spirit and to the nations feeling of togetherness no debate there.
The Government can fix this in many ways but first we need to agree on the focus. And that is without Question bringing skills and purpose.
Our Heritage I think is something most people think is important, be it old technology, Renovation and restoration skills, wildlife conservation, environmental restoration, lost skills once common in NZ or just preserving Kiwiana would bring back not only a sense of achievement but more people will learn to be part of our community and not feel like a burden.
It is a myth that all jobs are to sustain the economy there are lots of pointless jobs that produce nothing useful and in many cases harm the environment and clog our highways but worst of all they give little satisfaction.
America has reached peak stupid and is now thinking again and they want life to have a point for a change.
I would like to let my friends in the Government know that there are some really smart Ideas coming out of the Progressives in the USA that could be useful to New Zealand. Government Guaranteed Jobs is one such Idea.
It is UBI with a work focus.
The Idea that People need meaning in their lives is just part of being alive. Prison, Bad Jobs and Work and Income are all toxic to the human spirit and to the nations feeling of togetherness no debate there.
The Government can fix this in many ways but first we need to agree on the focus. And that is without Question bringing skills and purpose.
Our Heritage I think is something most people think is important, be it old technology, Renovation and restoration skills, wildlife conservation, environmental restoration, lost skills once common in NZ or just preserving Kiwiana would bring back not only a sense of achievement but more people will learn to be part of our community and not feel like a burden.
It is a myth that all jobs are to sustain the economy there are lots of pointless jobs that produce nothing useful and in many cases harm the environment and clog our highways but worst of all they give little satisfaction.
America has reached peak stupid and is now thinking again and they want life to have a point for a change.
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