Toward a World that Works for Everyone
This Manitoba city proved that universal basic income changes lives – so why isn’t available for all Canadians? Cheques from the government helped Dauphin residents push themselves out of poverty By Alexandra Shimo, Broadview, March 20, 2024 The data for what is sometimes considered one of the most important experiments ever conducted in Canada rested […]
I was talking earlier about giving one’s word and staying with one’s word as a stabilizing influence, like a stake in the ground. (1) I’m really talking about major issues. I’m not talking about everyday, mundane issues. I haven’t a clue about them one way or the other. But we’re soon going to be wanting […]
The seaside town of Maricá, Brazil, was struggling, but it had oil revenue. So the local government started a basic income program based on a local alternative currency. By Nikola Grace Radley, Yes Magazine, May 26, 2022 https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2022/05/26/basic-income-brazil Walking through the streets of Maricá, Brazil, there is a sense that something is different about this city […]
I read a passage from the Mother and it unleashed a vasana (or core issue) which I’m still in the midst of processing. Naturally I ran for the computer. The passage from the Mother was this: “You are already ‘in and out’ of the fulfillment of your ascension. “[What] is the final watermark? It is […]
(Concluded from Part 1, above.) The vasana is a gigantic GRRRRR! to all the opposition I met along the way – opposition to doing what I’m happily doing right now. Why can’t we be allowed to do what we love and be financially supported? (Just wait for the Reval!) But then I realized that, without […]
How these mayors are bringing guaranteed income to their cities Fast Company, 07-14-21 (https://www.fastcompany.com/90655023/how-these-mayors-are-bringing-guaranteed-income-to-their-cities) On the ‘World Changing Ideas’ podcast, we spoke to two mayors who launched guaranteed income pilot programs in their cities—and to a recipient of those supplemental checks. Tomas Vargas Jr. used to work part time as a youth facilitator for convicted […]
California just agreed to send up to $1,000 monthly checks to residents in nation’s first guaranteed income program Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider, Jul 16, 2021 (https://www.businessinsider.com/california-approves-guaranteed-income-program-for-residents-2021-7) In the first-of-its-kind state initiative, California lawmakers just approved a program to distribute monthly checks to residents, marking a step toward a universal basic income in the country. On […]
Any new social initiative, to be lasting, in my estimation, must leave no residue. If we correct the social imbalance between men and women, for example, by harming a lot of innocent men, we’ll create residue, which will need to be addressed in the next round of dissent and unrest. And in this way the […]
The basis of so much opposition to making things free for people appears to stem from the view that people are at base sinful, evil, unreliable, self-serving, etc. According to this view, if we remove the need to work, everyone will become dope-smoking hippies, polluting the beaches, etc. I have three objections to that view. […]
Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-universal-basic-income-1.5982862 By John Paul Tasker · CBC News · April 10, 2021 Liberal delegates to the party’s policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in Canada, while also rejecting a call to hike […]
Church hosts vigil in support of guaranteed livable income in front of North Van MP’s office The United Church of Canada’s GLI campaign inspired by ‘success’ of CERB By Ben Bengtson, North Shore News, April 9th, 2021 Members of St. Andrew’s United Church assembled in front of North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson’s constituency office this […]
Citizens Income Trust April Update With local and regional elections taking place across the UK on May 6th campaigners are making a big push to get Basic Income on the political agenda. Across Scotland, Wales and England, candidates are being urged to sign pledges to promote Basic Income trials in their area. In Scotland, 87 […]
$53 billion. That’s how much wealthier Canadian billionaires became during the pandemic. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people across the country have lost their jobs, and many of us are struggling to make ends meet. [1,2] If politicians truly understood how stressful it is for people who can’t afford to pay their rent or put […]
For Canadians. Regardless of who we are, most of us can agree that everyone deserves to live a decent life. This means ensuring we can all afford our basic needs, like putting food on the table and having a safe place to call home. But the pandemic has shown that our society doesn’t provide for […]
Thanks to Sitara. Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off A new study of the city’s program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes. Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, March 3, 2021 (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/stocktons-basic-income-experiment-pays-off/618174/) Two years ago, the city of Stockton, California, did something remarkable: It brought back welfare. Using donated funds, the industrial city on the […]
