Although it is often that emerged Roma experience widespread discrimination, violence and social exclusion, shows a new report from the European Commission also that it has a negative impact on your health.

Report on the health of Roma and calls on international governments to take action to protect the health and welfare organizations of the Roma population.

The study covers the 28 EU countries plus Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, with a deeper focus on more countries (migrants) Roma population, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia , Spain and the United Kingdom.

The Commission believes that the Roma communities in Europe are discriminated against and thus. Still obstacles to access to quality housing, health care and education

Say in a study, a third of respondents aged 35-54 Roma that health problems limit their daily activities. While almost 20% of Roma respondents are not covered by health insurance, say 66%, they would not have to pay able for prescription drugs.

The report also notes that the evidence shows that Roma in line is much shorter life expectancy compared with the non-Roma population. For example, in Austria, regional estimates show that the mortality rate for the Roma at the regional level is 14% higher than the rest of the country. Higher infant mortality among the Roma were also observed in Bulgaria, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Although no country consistently on the health status of Roma reported complete data, the data show that the Roma in Bulgaria are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks of measles and hepatitis A, The rate of HIV infection is B and C. identifies the socially excluded Roma as prisoners, drug addicts and prostitutes.

In 2009, a measles outbreak in Bulgaria indicated that 89.3% of the 24,047 people of Roma were affected and 22 of the 24 deaths were of Roma patients.

"Roma people in Europe are less healthy than non-Roma population," the Commission in the report. "But then there are sufficient data on the Roma is to highlight the social and economic exclusion, and poor health, there are still large gaps in Roma health data, to prevent a full understanding of the situation," he said.

Source: EurActive
Date: 09/09/2014

Dr. Mercola

Solitary room has for busy families find it difficult to make time for family meals more often, especially if all adult family members work outside the home.

Traditional family meals accounted for more than a common room are a time for good conversations, and links to the royal family.

Unfortunately, today many meals are eaten at red lights or in front of the computer alone. The United States ranks among the 23 countries in the 25 percent of children, the main meal of the day with their parents eat several times a week. ¹

Although solitary meals occur on a regular basis now, but recent studies have shown that you do not or to help the welfare of their children. Families who enjoy making the effort to eat together at least three or four times a week significant benefits for your health, happiness and relationships.

The division in the preparation and cooking of interest has traditionally been overshadowed by the desire of convenience foods in recent decades, although the evidence suggests that these trends could begin to reverse itself.

If you eat alone, you have many companies

The family meal bottomed out in the 1950s, when people started to think about cooking dinner for the family as a major drawback. As food has become more readily available and can be stored in the freezer and pantry, the idea of cooking from scratch has been almost a thing of the past.

Maybe people are starting to offer meals to lose the safety and socialization, the family. Research on food trends varied, indicate that values and attitudes can change.

The relative scarcity of shared family meals are associated with a lack of desire for them, people always say that you have good memories of their childhood while eating together.

Several recent studies show how American families are struggling to find time to eat together. In thinking about these statistics take into account that 27 percent of households consist of one person living alone. ²

• A new report by NPD ^{in March} found that Americans consume more than half of their meals alone; People are less likely to eat alone and more likely to eat breakfast and lunch (see chart). ⁴
• A study in 2014 found that the majority of American households eat together less than five days a week. ⁵
• A 2013 Harris Poll found that among the ^six Americans with at least one member of the family living, only 58 percent say the food with the other at least four times a week, but the proportion of 86 per cent yield dinner at least once a week together. The survey also found that the frequency of family meals with each generation decreases.

Source: The NPD Group / National Eating Trends ® Advanced

Children living with their families eat healthier eating habits and obesity less

2013 documentary The family meal on the relationship between the epidemic of childhood obesity and the role of the dinner with the family could fight they play focused.

Research shows that children who have family meals together three or more times a week are more likely in a healthy weight range and have better food choices. They are more healthy and less likely that the wrong foods to eat, and to eat less likely to develop eating disorders. ⁷

Interestingly, a study by Cornell University found that ^eight families (two adults and children), the dinner in the kitchen or in the dining room eating a significantly lower that families who eat elsewhere IMC. For children who remain at the table until all are done with the diet was associated with lower body mass index.

Researchers reported at the European Conference on Obesity ⁹ that children, at least once eat dinner with their parents in the week, 40 percent are more likely to be overweight than those who do. This might say something about the importance of family rituals and routines for the emotional health of children. Referring to the predictable family routines ¹⁰ Science Daily reported:

"The researchers believe that to be early predictable support in life with regular participation in family routines by encouraging and caring environment, what greater family organization and can provide a sense of security and belonging. This can have a positive impact on the socio-emotional health the children before school entry and contribute to their school life and future success. "

Eat the psychological costs alone

Children who eat with their families, are not only less obesity, less profit, but also psychosocial and behavioral problems are very deep. For example, young people who with their families, eat at least five times a week are 40 percent more likely to get A and B in school than their peers who do not share family meals. . They are also 42 percent less likely to drink alcohol, 59 percent less likely to smoke cigarettes, 66 percent less likely to try marijuana, and tend to be less depressed ¹¹ Other research shows that each additional family meals, the adolescents: ^{13th December}

• Improved self-esteem and life satisfaction
• Behavior self-assured and helpful, others and better relationships with their parents
• Vocabulary and better academic performance
• Absenteeism and lower teen pregnancy ¹⁴
• Increased stress resistance

Family meals help to convey the culinary traditions of Health

The benefits of family meal not only time spent eating together, but also from the time that the purchase of food, preparing meals, cleaning, maintenance and even a garden. Involve your children teaches them about nutrition and how to work together as a family. Children can also learn environmental awareness and the importance of food and supporting organic and sustainable farms.

Common meals gives you the opportunity along recipes and family traditions special type of learned your mother or grandmother. You can teach your children, soaked the importance of the process for the preparation of traditional foods, such as fermentation, the juice, sprouts, nuts and raw food preparation. These lessons are invaluable for building a rich heritage of family and your children the tools they need to live a long and healthy life.

Family Eating less 'Dinner' and 'family' is

What is practiced in family meals, such as influence on our children? Or is the family meal ever? These are the questions that teachers Ann Meier and Kelly Musick tried to answer deeper into the data. The retired teacher variables such as income, time spent with children (meaning, tasks or activities, such as participation in extracurricular events), as children were monitored, and the overall quality of family relationships. Once these factors have been deducted, discusses the family meal has an impact on the mental health and behavior of children.

Musick Meier and published the results in the Journal of Marriage and the Family, and the results may surprise you. ^{15, 16} do not conclude that it is the family ties that count in other words, less family dinner food. about the "dinner" and "family". They identified the essential requirement as follows :. "The impact of family meals in children depends on the extent to which parents use the time to talk with their children and learn about their daily lives" ¹⁷

So, if your family consists of dinner upset about unfinished tasks and duties, or text messages to all table, or if there is a fight, everyone to get dinner on the table, it is unlikely that you will see the most benefit. But if your food is pretty full of sharing and genuine empathy and connection, and everyone is on board, the benefits are many. Not to reduce these data the importance of eating together for the physical health of your child and encourage appreciation and education about food. But when it comes to psychosocial factors and the dynamics of the relationship, there is more than just sharing space on the table.

Clever Conversation Starters Lunch

If you are looking for ideas on how to eat your family to bring more meals together, family meals project could be useful (DPF). ^18th The FDP is a resource to help families "to improve the frequency and quality of their interactions to lunchtime. "Your site contains a wealth of advice to kids of all ages throughout the process of food preparation through fun dinner games, recipes, ideas for conversation age and the instructions for activating engage your own kitchen in a makeshift camp Iron Chef ! As for the table talk at dinner, columnist and author Bruce Feiler three interesting strategies to increase the fun and meaningful time to talk about the family: ¹⁹

• Word Update: Since your child should know about 3,000 words per year, a word, a day in the seminar table you. Feiler suggests a diary or journal on the table and ask each person to find a word that is not known. Googling in this case allowed.
• Autobiography Night: Encourage your child stories about how he overcame his past success or failure will drive to encourage him to say, tell the future performance of "who, what, when, where, why" history dinner.
• Pain points. Focusing on a current "pain point", which is essentially a difficult situation for all, for example, has your daughter, a project with someone you do not like to do, or your teen does not find a match dancing. In the debate, the members of the family share their own experiences and come together to dissect to teach the dilemmas and possible solutions, the children-good problem solving skills. If someone has a pain point, could you talk about a current event.

Tips to connect with your child or teenager

In the complex world of today, there are many forces pulling in family relationships, especially when children are in puberty. Even the best parents can sometimes be challenged to find a way to connect with young people. John Gottman, Gottman Institute recommends that you at least five positive interactions for every negative, in every respect, which I think is good advice. ^20th If you are having trouble connecting with their younger family members around the table, have dinner or elsewhere, you should find the following ten principles, the center of compassion, communication and commitment helpful. ²¹

1 Accept the temper of their children	Spend time with their children 2
3 Touch intentionally to their children every day	4 Teach your children important values and life lessons
5 tenaciously to their children	6 Encourage UNIQUE
7 stiffness caution	8 Hug rituals that promote coexistence
To develop 9 Help for children LEGACY	10 model appropriate use of words in communicating with children and before them

More food for thought

Done for family gatherings, you should make a priority. One of my favorite sayings is: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail" and that certainly applies here. This allows you to eat your family together, not only in the store, allowing you to prepare food, but also the selection of a time that works for everyone in all cases.

You can not, because of the math club, football and cheerleading practice bring three teenagers, so much a family dinner? Schedule a weekly family breakfast or answer a bedtime snack. Even a meal at the weekend may have a positive effect. Be creative and make your meals regularly, stress-free and enjoyable as possible!

Saturday in West Central Tribune beat reporter writes Anne Polta Frailties mental health system during the local church exposed

Kandiyohi County has a best psychiatric services, many counties in Minnesota. But there are not enough of them, and it is always a struggle for people with mental health services near to get home if necessary.

Access to timely help, especially for those who specialized mental health services need, which appeared in a local roundtable on Friday as one of the main weaknesses of the region.

And the change should begin as soon as possible, a worker in mental health, the 75-some people said present.

"We need this to happen soon," he said. "We have to try the people in the trenches, the people who are suffering to help."

Read the report of the meeting. In the bottom of the article, there is the following:

Rep. María Sawatzky, D-Willmar, the session on Friday helped to organize. They began spontaneously applause when he told the audience. "I'm not trying to needle a little'm try to move the needle move much."

While Sawatzky is a social conservative on marriage equality and reproductive health (other than the minority party, which no members and the promotion of equality of members in favor of abortion, but the face of fierce opposition, the House Caucus DFL includes members on social issues) is the special education teacher, a champion for education services and mental health services more in Minnesota.

Sawatzky against a well-funded challenge Dave Baker, who is running because he is against the income of workers in Minnesota have wage and labor laws. The calculation of MinnPost the most competitive districts in the Minnesota House takes this very competitive seat.

Sawatzky and Baker discuss Pioneer Public Television meet the candidates on October 9 at 21:00 clock The show invites viewers questions.

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Police must get Seri and how they respond apparently to a growing problem in the treatment of people with mental illness.

I posted about your problem in the past.

This is what Michael Koval had to say:

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As elected representatives discussed how the recent crisis of public health in Detroit with MICHUHCAN offs water bypass separation, education and non-profit advocacy on health issues, urged the officials to step out of the short time Take back "patch" common approaches and views on the development of water policy that reflects the actual ability of residents to pay their water bills. ALICE The recent report of the Michigan United Way clearly articulated, the reality for many low-income families. In Michigan, an income of $ 16.818 has hit $ 8.41 per hour, the most for a person to work, but not all of the basic life needs of a. For a family of two, the need for revenue $ 50, 365 for a job (or jobs) for a total of $ 25.17 per hour. Forty percent (40%) of Michigan residents fall below these thresholds. In Detroit, the figure rises.

With an average unit $ 847.17 water in Detroit an income of about $ 40,000 to the reference of the Environmental Protection Agency for access to water and 2% of household income should cover. The income level is more than most people in Detroit, where the average household income $ 19.790 3 live *

Water, such as health care is a necessity, not a failure of man. Lack of water causes great problems of public health with the disease and many other unintended consequences, including impacts on a child's ability to learn. Solution of these problems will require billions of dollars and unnecessary loss of precious lives. As a resident of Michigan, we pay now or pay later.

Citizens have the right to expect our elected representatives to reflect solutions to problems that develop an understanding, that "liberty and justice for all" requires approaches to protect the citizens who can not, sometime officials, so that basic needs. Water, health, must be a financially viable resource. The breakdown of costs for all of these needs, all of us, even if we. Facing a difficult financial situation in our lives

The answer is not cutting off access to basic needs, if invoices are not affordable or privatization of the service. The answer is, etching policy, the citizens protects against low income lost basic needs and no additional financial burden added, her life with the bills that are not available to develop their income. The development of employment, with incomes that meet the basic needs of a family, is also important.

We need to unite to demand fair and equitable policies in access to basic needs such as water, in Detroit and in Michigan.

Marjorie Mitchell, Executive Director

* Analysis completed by Alex B. Hill

It might not be a good news for you, but the Americans were added to the medium and the CDC says that it is very bad for your health. On a good note, most Americans are now insured, while poverty fall. What does this mean? Found in the appendix of today's health

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You will be embraced by educators as important learning tools, but some health experts warn that tablets and smartphones can have adverse health effects, especially in young, growing children.

Dr. Devra Davis, president of Environmental Health Trust, the microwave radiation devices to significant hazards for children.

"The radiation from a cell phone, which is a two-way radio, microwave receives twice as deep in the soul of a child into adulthood," he said.

"Those who begin using mobile phones before the age of 20 four to eight times more than 10 years after brain cancer."

The group also warns of the dangers in adults, especially women who sleep with their smartphones or performance.

"We see breast cancer in the middle of the chest to keep their cell phones during the race in which young women," he said.

"The World Health Organization said radio frequencies and cellular wireless Class 2 are possible carcinogens. This is the same classification as lead, DDT and chloroform," says Dr. Davis.

City News reporter Adrian Ghobrial a full report in the video above.

(Reuters) - AstraZeneca has signed a partnership agreement with a value of $ 500 million from Eli Lilly for experimental Alzheimer's drug by the British group, which is set to enter late-stage development of phase III.

AstraZeneca said in May that he wanted to find a partner for BACE inhibitor AZD3293 healing naturally.

Under the terms of the agreement, AstraZeneca, Lilly will pay 500 million, depending on the progress in the development of the drug. AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday expected to receive the first payment of 50 million dollars in the first half of 2015.

The companies will share equally all costs for the development and commercialization of AZD3293 and net income of its release. (Reporting by Ben Hirschler, editing by Jason Neely)

According to the new study, schizophrenia not a single disease, but a set of eight different diseases that are genetically different and different symptoms.

This study may contribute to the treatment of schizophrenia and, more recently, this disease is not well understood by psychologists.

The investigation began with the search for the genetic link to schizophrenia. The analysis showed that 4200 people genetically not brought in connection with a gene disease, but eight types of genes.

Hallucinations associated genes in 95% of patients with schizophrenia found. Another set of genes disorganized speech or behavior in relation showed a 100% risk for schizophrenia. They found the difference between patients who had symptoms then their genes analyzed to verify the change.

University of Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis conducted research and published the results in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Benefits of Family Meals
o Limit the use of harmful or illegal substances
o Ensure more academic success
Building self-esteem or
Discover or less mental and behavioral disorders
o lower rates of obesity
Cultivation or better communication skills
Create strong connections
o development of healthy eating habits and lifestyle

Ways to get there
Be flexible or
or simply,
o Use a Slow Cooker
Plan ahead or
Create a menu or
or schedule it

"The governor has the right idea," Tania Charette, Health Program Specialist, Utah Department of Health said. "Children who attend with their parents, through support activities, such as eating frequent family dinners are less likely to use harmful substances likely to be successful in school and have better self-esteem and lower rates of obesity." Studies show family meals also helps the mental health and children's behavior, communication skills, and leads them on a path to a lifetime of healthy eating habits.

To return, the Utah Department of Health, health authorities in Utah, and other community partners such as Intermountain celebrate live well, to support the new site utahfamilymeals.org/ The site offers the opportunity to earn income and health price.

For more information visit family meals:

http://www.choosehealth.utah.gov/your-health/healthy-eating/family-meals.php

http://utahfamilymeals.org/

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The Board of Directors of the Company to discuss since the local government plans on Wednesday the role of Vice President after the resignation of President Gary Pitner.

"It's only health problems," Pitner said.

"Balance my professional and personal life."

Pitner is also Managing Director of the Northwest Regional Planning Commission and has served on numerous boards and committees.

Richard Brown is Vice President of the LGC.

The next election of officers for the annual meeting in October planned, as required by the statutes of the group.

The system of health care in America is a mess, and we can ascribe most of the blame on the government. In short, we have the power and the efficiency of markets, such as Medicaid, Medicare, tax code distortions and other forms of regulation and intervention, we have a system that is paralyzed by a crisis of the third charge created.

There is no logical reason to expect that consumers are smart shoppers, after all, if they are required to pay only 11 cents for every $ 1 of care they consume. And providers have little incentive to be efficient if they know that consumers are not very price sensitive.

Now let these ideas to the political controversy over birth control. Only, as I explained in July, there is no fighting in the birth control. As far as I know, no one who is trying to ban contraception.

The real battle is whether the government require health insurance include coverage of contraception (and some abortion).

Writing for Bloomberg, Megan McArdle explains that the contraceptive mandate Obamacare is stupid because a modest cost, the routine should not be covered by insurance at all.

I'm not very patient with the political struggles over contraception mandate of the Affordable Care Act health. Generic pill ... are not normal spending overpriced is used by millions of people, exactly the kind of things that insurance is not designed for. All around this cost a little spread, while your policy administration costs.

In addition, the best policy for birth control to allow without a prescription.

In other words, the problem of reducing the State Regulation and not imposing a mandate!

Have the pill ... over-the-counter and not available as an element of the recipe. It's a great idea. It was a great idea existed before Obamacare and will continue to be a good politician, even if ObamaCare somehow disappears in the dust. Physicians assess the risk of you birth control, simple questions you can ask yourself: Are you over 35 years old, smoker and concerned about family history of stroke in the beginning?

Seems like a good idea, right? Especially on Republicans who want less regulation and also appeal to Democrats, allowing easier access to contraception want to address.

Republicans are on board, according to Byron York.

The GOP has ever, to make a new policy ... answer ... The idea without prescription birth control pills without a prescription 07.24. It has become a trend among the Republican candidates in Senate races across the country. In North Carolina, Republican Party candidate Thom Tillis recently adopted. So Ed Gillespie Virginia has. Mike McFadden Minnesota. Gardner, Colorado. And one of the main proponents of the initiative is a candidate for president in 2016, prospective Republican Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. Gardner ... first made the proposal in an op Denver Post in June. The pill was safe since it was adopted 44 years ago, Gardner argued. "If other drugs have this type of panel to approve the purchase without a prescription," he wrote. "Brand medications such as Advil, Pepcid, Claritin, Prilosec, and many others, once sold recipe, but moved to Over-the-counter sales once it had proven to be safe and not likely to be victims of violence."

But some Democrats are hostile.

In fact, a columnist for the Denver Post is very angry that some GOPers support access over-the-counter pill.

Modeled after the Colorado Senate candidate Cory Gardner Americans are a handful of Republicans in the midterm races across the country now accepting over-the-counter pill without a prescription. Do not be fooled. It is a dishonest act which might be the most expensive pill for women actually ... But women already pay for these pills as part of the coverage of health care is purchased by employers. Why should we pay twice? What's going on ... However, if the pill is available without a prescription? Insurance companies are likely to cover stop. This means that women continue to pay health insurance premiums and additional costs for the pills out of pocket. And ... the freedom to discuss the risks of physician visits for birth control could also by paying pharmacy consulting to determine whether women risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, or pain be replaced preventing migraine pill safe use, reports the American College of Obstetricians and gynecologists. Actually it is not a "cheaper and easier" alternative -. "Mostly wrong" why PolitiFact evaluates the application of Gardner

I strongly suspect that the author wanted to make a partisan attack on the Republican Senate candidate in Colorado. After all, the most important and most difficult of the left, including humans and Vox Think Progress, promoting access over-the-counter birth control.

But suppose he really believes what she wrote. In this case, F would be obtained for all economics professors, because insurance companies are obviously the cost price of their policy. So, when the mandate expires, and birth control is available without a prescription, insurance companies can reduce the cost of policies sold.

In other words, women would not pay twice. In fact, they pay less, but it is clear that those that health plans by the employer to understand, are part of the total compensation of employees.

There is another reason, other than partisanship, birth control sold over the counter to allow some on the left to oppose Republican proposals. And you will not be surprised to learn that self-interest plays his role.

On behalf of the federal, Ben noticed that Domenech Planned Parenthood wants the current approach only hold prescription.

You may think that Ben has made a big mistake, or I misunderstood. Finally, is not that contrary to the stated mission of the organization to reduce unwanted pregnancies?

Now, noting that Ben Planned Parenthood may be more interested in maximizing the documents in reducing pregnancies.

Interestingly ... Planned Parenthood pushes over-the-counter contraception. Why is that? Why Planned Parenthood, the availability of contraceptives and women who must consult a doctor for slimming? That sounds terribly patronizing them. Birth Control ... is an important lead generator for family planning, where they can not afford their existing target as a source of prescription birth control without damage to lose its status as an institution. Well ... you can understand why they do not want potential customers to have the freedom to CVS or Walgreens or Rite Aid instead of going to family planning - the people and other services worth much money the taxpayers $ 540 million in fiscal year 2012 alone. And if you do not offer these services, you can not charge the taxpayers for it. So ... you want to keep the government in control of ban-the-counter birth intact.

Here is a picture of Ben article Showing "what percentage of Planned Parenthood" services "are related to prevention." As he emphasizes, "is more than a third of the company."

So I guess that makes sense - at least amoral perspective - the organization wants to restrict access to over-the-counter birth control.

In addition, the GOP plans to improve access to birth control is not a step into uncharted territory.

Here is a map from a group for a reform of the extreme left, which shows that over-the-counter birth control pills are for the most women in the world.

Closed share a last - part of the information from experts in the law - and very convincing.

Women already have access to includes the found counter Plan B, the high doses of hormones in the pill.

... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was considering oral contraceptives over-the-counter (OTC) for over twenty years. "Plan B" emergency contraception over the counter was last year. This is a step pill is just a stronger dose of the same hormones that make the pill regularly. There is no good medical reason for the differentiation. But in the United States, regularly the pill remain stubbornly behind the pharmacy counter and delay.

In other words, the usual argument of the Regulation that the conditions are necessary, because consumers can not be trusted to make their own decisions with high doses of drugs.

But the government has already done the-counter Plan B in blocking similar access to birth control pills. Go figure.

PS Planned Parenthood is not the only interest group that was so shameful and embarrassing.

PPS If you want to know what happens with health care in the absence of the ubiquitous third-party payer would like to see this remarkable image.

PPPS Since this topic was the birth control, we will be the opportunity to take our collection of Sandra Fluke Browse mood. Just in case you do not remember, I was a student 30 years old, who got his 15 minutes of fame with the demand that others pay for their expenses. Anyway, if you want to laugh, check   this great video the reason this   funny cartoon, and four other jokes   Here.

PPPPS In a separate question, I have to replace my two cents late last year at a debate in libertarian circles, when the fullness of the American welfare programs should be by a grant from "basic income" that would be given to all Americans. To guarantee a minimum income type.

I realized that the current system is a mess, but I suggested that decentralization was a better approach.

It seems ... that there is nothing worse than the current system. But ... what is to denigrate what we have today, and instead give each a kind of basic income? I agree ... but only in a certain way. I like the idea of radical reform, but I think there is a better way to Rome. It's called federalism.

But if someone on the head and said a gun: federalism was not an option and demanded that I choose between the "basic income" and the status quo?

There is no reason obvious answer, but I guess I prefer the devil, because I know of fears that could more redistribution and more government.

And I'm not the only one with this opinion. Here is what the proponents of more redistribution wrote about the concept.

Basic income, unlike the programs that we have now, are politically easy to grow once it is in place. If ... a large redistribution program you have, at a high level, you can overcome enough public support opposition concentrated rich who pay the bills. ... Thanks to the support of basic income, libertarians are walking into a trap. Great fear of the anti-redistribution has always been that the masses, easy to use the power of majority rule voting more money for themselves. As it stands, makes the fragmentation of our redistributive programs it easier for anti-redistribution to drill holes in the safety net. If the system were fragmented replaced by a large universal program, the result would be a huge gift redistribution be a politician.

But maybe I'm just a pessimist. Tyler Cowen has a different perspective.

Say ... an accident of history, to extend basic income supporters in power for a term and passage of this legislation. Over time, these income transfers would be larger, more visible, and would be at least at first glance contrary to workers than the public stomach for it. My prediction is that it will limit along a number of possible dimensions, starting with the job requirements (in part) for people without disabilities. Under the most plausible at the level of basic income hypothesis, most people would not even expect to enjoy, be a net beneficiary potential program. So ... I think that intuition: "Why send money to people who do not work?" They displace the "I want me as someone who helps others, that" feeling.

I guess it depends how the "basic income" was developed depends. If the government sends checks for all (as some think), then "plausible hypothesis" Tyler on the receiver would be a mistake.

This reinforces in my mind that my idea was good. Come and learn federalism Washington on issues of redistribution.

The decentralized approach has been very successful in Switzerland and is the system that corresponds to the constitution.