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Can Universal Basic Income Make Life Better for Everyone?

Warmer questions What would you do with an extra salary? What would happen if no one in society needed to work? If you did not go to work, what would you do with your time? Reading section Money for all Universal Basic Income (or just UBI) is a concept that has been attracting a lot of attention in the last...

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Do Tax Breaks Actually Help Society?

Warmer questions How many taxes do you pay? Which taxes are unnecessary? Why do people dislike paying tax? Do you think the government spends money wisely? How could it improve? Reading section Too rich for their own good? Income inequality has become a huge problem in the U.S.A (and around the world), within the last few years. Rich people are getting...

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The Changing Attitudes to Same-sex Marriage

Warmer questions Is it legal in your country for people of the same sex to get married? If yes, do you know when it was made legal? If not, why is it currently illegal? Do you feel there is a change in attitude to how people treat same-sex marriages? Reading section Is it just a legal right? For many around...

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Gun Violence in America: Should People Have Guns?

Warmer questions What are the laws in your country to own a weapon? Would you like to have a weapon? What would you use it for? What dangers are there to having a weapon in the home? Should the police be armed? Reading section Do opinions change we time? The topic of gun ownership and gun violence in America has...

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Should We Ban Begging?

Warmer questions Where you live do you see many people who are homeless and begging? Do you give them money or food? Can you trust what they say? Are local governments doing enough to help them? How do you think they become homeless? Reading section Unworthy of money? Imagine this. You are walking along a street in a busy part...

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Should Governments Pay A Basic Income?

Warmer questions Governments measure happiness on how much money people earn from their jobs, is this a good way to measure happiness? Is there ever enough money to make someone satisfied? Can a stable salary, no matter how low, stop poverty? Reading section Money well spent? Technology is not going to disappear – ever. With each passing year, it is...

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The Rights and Wrongs of Buying Citizenship

Warmer questions How important is your country to you? What would you do to help your country? If someone pays to become a citizen of another country, can they really love that new country? Is selling citizenship a good way for governments to raise money for education, healthcare, and other services? Reading section Can we own everything? Once you’ve earned...

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Internet Censorship: For Your own Good?

Warmer questions Do you believe that newspapers and national media reveal all that they know? Do governments have a right to protect their own reputation by not revealing all information? Is information a human right or a luxury? Reading section Closing the door to censorship In days gone by people would say ‘we built this civilization on the internet’. It...

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How People React to Gay Adoptions

Warmer questions What are the laws in your country regarding gay marriage? Does your country have an active LGBTQ+ community? How are they perceived? How important is it to have both a mother and a father to raise a child? Reading section Is it a real controversy? A topic getting more than its fair share of attention these days is...

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Should Plastic Bags be Outlawed?

Warmer questions How often do you see plastic in your everyday life? What measure does are there to stop the spread of plastic in the environment? Reading section A disposable good? When you buy those apples at the market they come in a plastic case. When you take them home you put them in a plastic bag. When you get...

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