Argentina Considers Paying Writers A Pension - that's the way to do it!

  [Argentina may be one of the emerging economies, but it clearly has 
more respect for its writers than many net enthusiasts!]


Argentina Considers Paying Writers A Pension
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Authors who have published five books or invested 20 years in
'literary creation' would get GBP565 a month under the plan
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/33436
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/27/argentina-considers-paying-writers-pension

'...Argentina <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/argentina> is to consider 
granting a special pension to writers on the grounds that they generate 
"social richness" but often end up impoverished...'
'...

The lower house of congress will study a proposal presented on Tuesday 
that would give published authors a monthly stipend of £565, well above 
the state minimum pension....' [That's about $840]
'..."Writers support the general culture of a community. They are 
individual creators who generate a sort of social richness that is 
difficult to quantify,"...'
'...The city of Buenos Aires...approved a similar proposal in 2006 which 
granted a monthly pension of almost £400...Of around 100 applicants to 
date 72 have been approved, a low number which should calm those worried 
about the fiscal implications...'



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