Good news for #UBI

"One concern voiced by critics is that receiving a basic income could make people less inclined to work. But the #Grundeinkommen study suggests that may not be the case at all. It found that receiving a basic income was not a reason for people to quit their jobs. On average, study participants worked 40 hours a week and stayed in #employment – identical to the study’s control group, which received no payment"

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/11/health/germany-universal-basic-income-study-intl-scli-wellness/index.html

Reading https://ai-2027.com, I’m not afraid of AI itself. What scares me is:

a) There’s a high chance of super-intelligent AI, capable of replacing many human jobs, during Trump’s presidency. Another POTUS might consider universal basic income, he will just enrich the Billionaires and not care about normal people.

b) These papers focus solely on the race between China and the US. Europe is far behind and insignificant in this race.

#DomesticAbuse traps victims in cycles of fear—often because leaving means financial ruin.

#UniversalBasicIncome (#UBI) changes that, giving victims agency without bureaucratic hurdles.

No approvals, no means-testing—just freedom to leave NOW.
No more choosing between abuse and homelessness. UBI covers a bus ticket, a security deposit, food while rebuilding.

It won’t solve everything, but it’s a lifeline when every second counts.

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The #WealthGap isn’t just growing - it’s exploding. Wages stagnate while profits soar.

A few billionaires control more wealth than all the other people combined - and with that, billionaires control politics and who is in government!

#UBI doesn’t “punish success” - it ensures #everyone has a chance to succeed. Because no one should have to beg for basic survival in the richest era in history.

> Universal Basic Income was one of the democratically and officially endorsed demands of the British Women’s Liberation Movement. But unfortunately this fact has become steeped in collective amnesia. An amnesia that may have started at the very moment of the resolution’s passing.
https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/feminism/the-forgotten-feminist-history-of-the-universal-basic-income/
#UBI #BritishWomensLiberatinMovement #ToruYamamori #UniversalBasicIncome #FeminismUBI

#Canada: #elbowsup is not enough: https://www.aurianneor.org/canada-elbow-up-is-not-enough/

UBI isn’t about making life “too easy.” It’s about making sure life isn’t unnecessarily cruel.

There are enough issues in the world today that we don't need to add financial insecurity to it.

Also, struggle isn’t noble. Suffering isn’t a character test. Fairness means giving everyone the chance to thrive, not just survive.

And you deserve that chance. You deserve #UBI

Obscure Reasons for a UBI

UBI advocate repeat the same talking points for a UBI. But here are some out-of-the-box reasons that are seldom mentioned:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=28&id=370

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#universalbasicincome

Canada is Already a Partial UBI

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=28&id=426

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#universalbasicincome

Remember, you are not alone in wanting a better world and #UBI

There are plenty of people out there who think like you and who also take action. Take action with us and vote for people who want the same future that you want.

One example: @remahformoreton.bsky.social who wants to tax billionaires and create a fairer society for all

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_advocates_of_universal_basic_income

IF only I had a dollar for ever time I hear that the "system" needs to be changed and that the "system" is at fault and the "system" keeps us in badly paid jobs....

Well, let's change the system. Yes, we can. One example of a country that did things differently in 2008, look at Iceland which imprisoned bankers after 2008 financial crisis.

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/9/8751267/iceland-capital-controls

“But who will clean toilets if everyone gets UBI?

Maybe… the people who want to do it, at a fair wage? Maybe... the task will get automated?

Maybe the real question is: why do we accept that some jobs should be so miserable and underpaid that people only do them out of desperation?

#UBI forces us to value labor instead of exploiting it and it gives us the freedom to choose the jobs we take.

As an adult with a disability who is dependent on benefits, you should know that I have skin in this game, however:

Whenever Universal Basic Income is trialled it delivers improved levels of interaction with work and healthcare, and it does it with reduced costs and without being cruel and stupid.