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The knock-on effect is that if you really want to do something to help others, you might not be able to as with the current cost of living, you'd not earn enough to survive.

This is a big deal for basic income. A European Citizens' Initiative can put UBI in front of the European Commission, but it needs people to prepare now. If you're in Europe, please reach out and consider how you can help.

Billionaires say their wealth is just unrealized gains and can't be taxed. Yet somehow the ultra-wealthy found nearly half a billion in cash to influence this year's midterms. #TaxBillionaires support #UniversalBasicIncome

The only reason a billionaire’s threat to leave works is that losing a job can mean losing everything. A basic income changes that, because workers aren’t held hostage while the market adjusts. No more economic blackmail. UBI and just #TaxBillionaires

"But how do we pay for it?" Pay for what, capitalism? We already are. Caregivers, interns, wage theft, subsidies, bailouts, our data, the environment. Nobody asks for a funding source there. 🤷 How about capitalism steps up and pays for basic income?

These people got around a grand a month for a year. That's it. Chump change, in the grand scheme, to help people find stability, some dignity, a future. UBI works. We should be doing this everywhere. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/t...

Basic income is a top issue this BC election. Almost half of British Columbians have a Green candidate who signed our pledge to work towards guaranteed basic income if elected. This would be a generational investment in BC's future.

David Graeber perfectly captures the essence of why UBI is essential: it gives us back our agency.

We try to find people who support our UBI ECI in all major cities of the EU: Try to organize a local group to support the ECI in your city! contact us at info@basic-income.eu if your citiy already has a contact: get together and help organise our campaign #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome #ubicities #ubi

»The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the assurance that his income is stable and certain, and when he knows that he has the means to seek self-improvement.« -- Martin Luther King Jr. he supported #BasicIncome #ubi

"How did they pay for quantitative easing?" David Graeber

"But how do we pay for it?" Pay for what, capitalism? We already are. Caregivers, interns, wage theft, subsidies, bailouts, our data, the environment. Nobody asks for a funding source there. 🤷 How about capitalism steps up and pays for basic income?

Our next public online meeting: We try to hold it on TikTok Live this time. Maybe reaching a new audience? Join us on: Wed 21.10.2026, 18:00 CEST Get the latetest news about our ECI and learn how you can support us. basic-income.eu/live #ECIUBI2027 #UBI #BasicIncome

Major Harvard Study on kids PROVED UBI works. + high school graduation and schooling + voting rates + conscientiousness and open-mindedness - depression and anxiety UBI is how we invest in the next generation.

Did you know the 1st UBI proposal was born out of a struggle for land rights in the 1770s? As Dorothy Woodend writes in The Tyee, the concept is "extremely old," rooted in the idea that the leadership class "fenced people out" from the resources they needed to survive.

Kindness like this deserves to be celebrated. But dignity shouldn’t depend on a stranger showing up with a camera. A basic income floor lets people decide for themselves what they need most, whether that’s a shower, a room, or a bus pass. UBI is economic security for everyone. Share if you agree?

I check in daily with a couple Dear Friends. I listen - without prejudice, with presence - to their day, or whatever they are full of. I feel Rich. This fuels my soul and fills My Heart. Most times they listen to me, too.

»The truth is that a guaranteed adequate income for everybody is the only answer to poverty in this country« »If I were paid for all the work I did every day, I’d be rich.« -- Johnie Tillmon, in her essay »Welfare Is a Women’s Issue« #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome #poverty Sign 2027 basic-income.eu

"Tax our wealth and provide basic income and we'll all leave and everyone will stop working," says the person with way too much wealth who never stops wanting more more more more more.

We already have posters. This are the German ones but we have another languages as well. But of course we need you help to distribute then. Contact us if you are interested.. info@basic-income.eu #basicincome #eciubi2027 #ubi

Every person has worth before they have a job. When the system can't employ someone, the system has failed, not the person.

Homelessness isn't a character flaw. It's what happens when people run out of money and nothing catches them. Basic income is that floor.

One of the knock-on benefits of Universal Basic income, would be that people would not need to waste time on forms, and could use that time for projects, growing vegetables and many many more things.

Believing some people can never be persuaded is itself a view that can change. That's the work we're doing at Basic Income Action. We believe everyone is a supporter, they just don't know it yet.

Tomorrow! The Basics of Basic Income, 5:30 to 7pm at Mountlake Terrace Library. Know someone in the Seattle area who's curious about UBI? Tag them below and bring a friend! #BasicIncome #UBI

Thanks @puffmushroom.bsky.social and @basicincomeaction.org for hosting my documentary on UBI and AI! And thanks to @kairos.fm, where the programmes originally aired. #UBI #AI #economicjustice #progressiveeconomics @scottsantens.com

The work that makes money relies on the vast amount of work that doesn't. Basic income recognizes both, supporting the work such as that of care, creative work, research and study, and acting in the commons.

Seattle area friends: The Basics of Basic Income is happening Thu, Oct 8, 5:30-7pm at Mountlake Terrace Library What UBI is, debunking the myths, what the research says, and how we pay for it. Hosted by C. Hamilton of Women4UBI Interested RSVP -> www.facebook.com/share/p/1Kov...

Notice how checks always come with strings attached? Promised if this passes, if that happens, if you support the deal. They know it works. Let's stop treating people's stability like a negotiation. Basic income ends the bargaining

Some say billionaires created the value behind their wealth. Others say they built it through extraction. Either way: a market choice is only free if you can say no. If refusing a bad deal means losing rent or food, is it really a choice? We're arguing free choice. Basic income is free choice.

💯 We literally ALL do better when the game set for people to win.

Welfare asks "do you qualify?" A right asks "are you a member of the community?" Basic income is more than money. It's a claim, a right to access, our shared share of what we all inherit and build together.