Toward a World that Works for Everyone
“Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo Leeds becomes largest city in UK to call for universal basic income pilot Councillors vote for policy to be trialled Jon Stone, Independent, Sept. 17, 2020 (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/leeds-becomes-largest-city-uk-call-universal-basic-income-pilot-b468654.html) Leeds has become the largest city in the UK to call for a universal basic […]
Shakespeare said the wish was father to the thought. (1) How can I possibly write about universal basic income being made part of a ruling party’s platform without the wish being father to the thought? (2) What could I say that would not be ransacking heaven and earth to prove my thesis? Why even try? […]
The Liberal Party is the party in power in Canada. Therefore this has big implications. I wonder which country will be the first to bring in a guaranteed basic income? Guaranteed basic income tops policy priorities for Liberal caucus at upcoming convention Caucus is calling on government to adopt idea for consideration in November Joan […]
Clearly we’re not going to be able to cover all the bases on foundational values for Nova Earth in a few articles. To fill the gap, the Golden Age of Gaia, in the person of myself and Kathleen, have drawn together articles we’ve written on the philosophy of Building Nova Earth (Suzi is working on […]
Thanks to Len. Germany Starts Universal Basic Income Trial Giving Some Citizens $1400 A Month For 3 Years Arjun Walia, Collective Evolution, Aug. 26, 2020 (https://www.collective-evolution.com/2020/08/26/germany-starts-universal-basic-income-trial-giving-some-citizens-1400-a-month-for-3-years/) What Happened: Germany is starting a universal basic income trial where volunteers will get a $1400 dollar payment every single month as part of a study that will compare the […]
In my post-Reval planning, I’m envisioning my process something like this. I’ve volunteered to be what’s called a “pipeline,” which means that folks like me help with redistributing the planet’s wealth. I’ll receive and redistribute unusual sources of wealth such as the sequestered wealth of serious human-rights abusers, prosperity packages, historical assets, etc. (1) In […]
Temporary Basic Income to protect the world’s poorest people could slow the surge in COVID-19 cases, says UNDP United Nations Development Programme, July 23, 2020 https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020 New York – The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 cases by enabling nearly three billion […]
Time to do away with “rich” and “poor.” Time to Do Away with the Super Elite Nathan Robinson, Guardian, July 18, 2020 (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/18/ghislaine-maxwell-power-money-elites) Ghislaine Maxwell now sits in a jail cell, after having been denied bail on charges of sexually trafficking minors. Maxwell is alleged to have recruited underage girls for the billionaire pedophile Jeffrey […]
Thanks to Sitara. Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (https://www.mayorsforagi.org/) “I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.” — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mayors for a Guaranteed Income […]
Thanks to Sitara. MLK Had a Dream of Guaranteed Income. As Mayors of 11 U.S. Cities, We Are Bringing That Dream to Life Michael D. Tubbs , Chokwe Antar Lumumba , Melvin Carter , Ras J. Baraka , Aja Brown , Eric Garcetti , Adrian Perkins , Libby Schaaf , Stephen Benjamin , Keisha Lance […]
By Zi-Ann Lum, HuffPost, July 7, 2020 https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/basic-income-cerb-canada-budget_ca The parliamentary budget officer looked at the cost of a six-month basic income. OTTAWA — The federal budget watchdog estimates a six-month guaranteed basic income for all eligible Canadians could cost the government less than what has already been spent on Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments […]
The following is not a long enough excerpt to warrant a separate article so I insert it here, eleven days after it was said: Steve: Any encouraging news for us about the Reval? Archangel Michael: Do not give up hope. It will not occur during this enormous upheaval. But this enormous upheaval is not going […]
Universal basic income could change more than how we work By Jonas Cornelsen, Broadview, June 5, 2020 The emergency response benefit has given me a taste of what I could contribute if a basic income program were implemented Some people see the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) as a load of government debt that will burden […]
This 20/20 is on UBI (universal basic incomes). Events are happening faster than we can write articles on, so we’re switching to a summary format for some articles. Skirting the meme war does not affect the subjects we cover; only the sources we use to cover them. We may judge some information from a biased […]
In a recent article on Universal Basic Incomes, the author wrote: “All that said, Republicans—led by a majority leader who thought allowing states to propose bankruptcy was a smart idea—control the Senate currently, and are unlikely to vote favorably on any social welfare program. If and when this bill dies on the Senate floor, you’ll […]
