Grundeinkommen Trailer

Duration: 6 minutes and 17 seconds

Country: Germany

Language: German

License: CC - Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives

Genre: Documentary

Producer: grundeinkommen.tv

Director: Daniel Häni und Enno Schmidt

Views: 4,801 (1,864 embedded)

Posted by: unternehmen on Jan 5, 2009

Der erste Film zu dem Zukunftsthema, das keinen kalt lässt: Ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen für alle. Das löst Emotionen aus und Fragen: Mehr Möglichkeiten zur eigenen Initiative? Oder der Untergang der Leistungsgesellschaft? Und wie soll es bezahlt werden? Der Film mischt Festgefahrenes auf, zeigt Überraschendes, lässt mit- und weiterdenken. Nehmen wir das Ganze einmal persönlich. Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen bringt neue Energien in alle gesellschaftlichen Bereiche. Und überraschend wird es gerade da, wo man Trockenheit erwartet: Tabuthemen sind nicht ausgespart. Dauer: 6 Minuten

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That human beings can fly
was for thousands of years a Utopia.
That this is not possible
was proved by those who tried it.
Today, we take the technology
for granted
In essence, the universal basic income
creates greater freedom in society
That is the main objective.
One is no longer dependent on a salary
and leads to personal autonomy
Universal basic income is available
unconditionally for everyone
if we only understand why.
And instead, we now complain
That there are no jobs
And no one tells us
"But, dammit, we have worked so hard
for the last 100 years
so that we no longer have to slave away.
Not one political party is telling us this
and this annoys me immeasurably
Our social systems are outdated
They swallow funds like a black hole
41% of the German population
has remunerated employment
Everybody else lives on transferred income
Income that is not directly connected with work
Economic growth no longer means
that more jobs are created
It is rationalisation that brings success
We ask, in the face of this success story:
"What work would you do, if your income was unconditionally secured?"
Universal basic income will definitely come -
not from above and not on top of everything else
but rather it will grow into the present income
The only ones who would have more money
would be those who have less today
But the universal basic income would raise
everyone to a similar level
Much would change in entrepreneurial culture
in families
in the job market
The creation of unremunerated values
would increase with a basic income
and with it also the dynamics of the economy
for everyone!
And now along come
these young people
who no longer have any discipline at all
and they should now receive money as well?
Now if that isn't scandalous!!
It is this argument, I believe
that underlies the objections to the basic income
The old subsistence mentality has been retained in people's view of income.
In the division of labour I work for others. They receive the results of my labour.
And in this change of paradigm
it is surely unacceptable
that I berate the one who does his work for me
so that he has to crawl in the dust
in order to survive.
The task of the economy is
to free people from having to work
But to free them from the need to work
also means to free them so that they can work.
"Freedom in place of free time."
How high would the return on investment be if there were a basic income?
I believe it would be very high.
For me, the basic income also
makes democracy a general reality
You can no longer coerce people as readily
if they are materially independent
Well, I am sceptical
Extremely skeptical. What if
...no one would go to work any longer?
Does a universal basic income undermine production?
Would a basic income bring people closer together?
Or would it cause our Society, based on two classes
to drift even further apart?
The universal basic income is not charity.
It is not just an assistance.
It is, as you said, a civil right.
Every new period in time realises
that which was only thought of in the past
Is the basic income just phantasy? Or reason?
I believe it is rational and economically viable
And its financing is also rational
This is how taxes on work are hidden in the price of a product-
The consumer pays the tax
It would look like this if the consumer were taxed directly
and like this if the basic income is directly transferred from the consumer tax.
With the latte-macchiato in front of the consumer on the table
the price looks like this
Cost of labour is much lower
But not the income of the workers
Today: less tax
Then: with basic income added.
And with a universal basic income paid out to all
- as income before taxation -
the consumer tax would become progressive.
Only those who spend double the amount of the basic income
would really have to pay tax
One could begin by paying out a basic income
to every child, for example from the year 2000 onwards
And with these children it would gradually become part of society.
But one can also begin with one's own income
just by thinking about it in a different way.