It worked before and could work again but the opposition to it (“Big State again”) would be severe. It would need to be tied in to qualifying for benefits, free fees at universities, and help to buy your first home. That might silence the naysayers.
I'm planning an updated version of an article I wrote on a long-gone blog 20 years ago. I had an idea back then for a national benefit card, which everyone would get issued along with their National Insurance card. It would create a link between what you'd contributed to the nation and the support you were entitled to claim from it.
It worked before and could work again but the opposition to it (“Big State again”) would be severe. It would need to be tied in to qualifying for benefits, free fees at universities, and help to buy your first home. That might silence the naysayers.
I'm planning an updated version of an article I wrote on a long-gone blog 20 years ago. I had an idea back then for a national benefit card, which everyone would get issued along with their National Insurance card. It would create a link between what you'd contributed to the nation and the support you were entitled to claim from it.
What a brilliant idea. A very well thought out article. I hope some of our so called politicians have signed up to Fergus’s Substack.