Basic or minimum income

One subject dear to my heart is basic or minimum income and I see the Liberals are going to debate that at their convention. Such a valuable addition to any country is my belief. You make sure that everyone has a maintenance income and everyone benefits. People receiving a basic income can then improve life for themselves; retrain, develop a cottage industry and the biggest part of all of this is where that money is spent. Basic income doesn't take you very far so it will be spent in the community where you live benefiting the industries that help to ensure that a basic income exists. People who are desperate make mistakes and that includes of a criminal nature. Basic is what it is but can mean a light at the end of the tunnel for all. As a conservative, I see basic income as a necessity in any civilized world.