Basically Income
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Basic income for every U.S. citizen.
Universal, unconditional cash dividend that strengthens freedom, work, and community.
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Universal, unconditional cash dividend that strengthens freedom, work, and community.
Policy • Organizing • Action
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One of the main problems in the world is poverty
Not enough cash means not enough food, housing, medicine, essentials, etc
Poverty is one of the main causes of suffering in this world
I support unconditional basic income to end suffering in this world
Preventable problems
Not enough cash means not enough food, housing, medicine, essentials, etc
Poverty is one of the main causes of suffering in this world
I support unconditional basic income to end suffering in this world
Preventable problems
December 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One of the main problems in the world is poverty
Not enough cash means not enough food, housing, medicine, essentials, etc
Poverty is one of the main causes of suffering in this world
I support unconditional basic income to end suffering in this world
Preventable problems
Not enough cash means not enough food, housing, medicine, essentials, etc
Poverty is one of the main causes of suffering in this world
I support unconditional basic income to end suffering in this world
Preventable problems
L A BOOST was 12 months of $1,000 monthly disbursements for each participant. Students used cash for rent, childcare, and debt. UPenn randomized trial underway.
Further evidence that UBI for all US citizens is dignified stability.
Read More: laist.com/brief/news/e...
Further evidence that UBI for all US citizens is dignified stability.
Read More: laist.com/brief/news/e...
Guaranteed Basic Income
How $1k a month helped local college students
laist.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
L A BOOST was 12 months of $1,000 monthly disbursements for each participant. Students used cash for rent, childcare, and debt. UPenn randomized trial underway.
Further evidence that UBI for all US citizens is dignified stability.
Read More: laist.com/brief/news/e...
Further evidence that UBI for all US citizens is dignified stability.
Read More: laist.com/brief/news/e...
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Fraud thrives in complexity.
Universal Basic Income is simple: same amount, same rules, no discretion.
Simplicity isn’t a weakness, it’s the strongest form of accountability. #UBI
Universal Basic Income is simple: same amount, same rules, no discretion.
Simplicity isn’t a weakness, it’s the strongest form of accountability. #UBI
December 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Fraud thrives in complexity.
Universal Basic Income is simple: same amount, same rules, no discretion.
Simplicity isn’t a weakness, it’s the strongest form of accountability. #UBI
Universal Basic Income is simple: same amount, same rules, no discretion.
Simplicity isn’t a weakness, it’s the strongest form of accountability. #UBI
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Do you see now why UBI is so important?
It will provide a cultural cushion between us.
We won't feel so COMPELLED. Instead, we'll develop relationships because WE WANT TO.
It will provide a cultural cushion between us.
We won't feel so COMPELLED. Instead, we'll develop relationships because WE WANT TO.
December 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Do you see now why UBI is so important?
It will provide a cultural cushion between us.
We won't feel so COMPELLED. Instead, we'll develop relationships because WE WANT TO.
It will provide a cultural cushion between us.
We won't feel so COMPELLED. Instead, we'll develop relationships because WE WANT TO.
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Enormous amount of evidence that UBI programs work. The opposition they face is overwhelmingly ideological, not practical. Ask your reps why they won't follow hard empirical evidence.
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Enormous amount of evidence that UBI programs work. The opposition they face is overwhelmingly ideological, not practical. Ask your reps why they won't follow hard empirical evidence.
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When your leaders tell you we can't afford free college, we can't afford free healthcare, we can't raise minimum wage, we can't afford universal basic income... remember they are paying 45k sign on bonuses & 100k salaries for ICE. Remember YOU pay more taxes than Amazon.
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When your leaders tell you we can't afford free college, we can't afford free healthcare, we can't raise minimum wage, we can't afford universal basic income... remember they are paying 45k sign on bonuses & 100k salaries for ICE. Remember YOU pay more taxes than Amazon.
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Last year, while I served as LA Community College District (LACCD) Board President, we launched BOOST, a guaranteed basic income program providing students with $1,000/month. It helped pay rent, cover childcare, get out of debt, and stay enrolled.
When we meet students’ basic needs, they succeed.
When we meet students’ basic needs, they succeed.
December 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Last year, while I served as LA Community College District (LACCD) Board President, we launched BOOST, a guaranteed basic income program providing students with $1,000/month. It helped pay rent, cover childcare, get out of debt, and stay enrolled.
When we meet students’ basic needs, they succeed.
When we meet students’ basic needs, they succeed.
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We should have implemented a universal basic income in 1975 and indexed it to grow as productivity grew. That was the only realistic way of ensuring that productivity growth benefited all of us. To this day, UBI remains the most important thing to start to make sure we *ALL* benefit from GDP growth.
Since 1975, $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% — a 1% that now owns more wealth than the bottom 93%.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
We can respect innovation & entrepreneurship, but we cannot respect the extraordinary greed that now exists.
We need a wealth tax.
December 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We should have implemented a universal basic income in 1975 and indexed it to grow as productivity grew. That was the only realistic way of ensuring that productivity growth benefited all of us. To this day, UBI remains the most important thing to start to make sure we *ALL* benefit from GDP growth.
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"If there's Universal Basic Income, nobody will work, people will just sit around being lazy"
NO. They will sit around being WEIRD LITTLE SNOWFLAKES and doing BIZARRE HOBBIES.
Everything will be MAGICAL because people are CHAOS DRAGONS.
Which has got to be worth some basic necessities, right? 🥹💃
NO. They will sit around being WEIRD LITTLE SNOWFLAKES and doing BIZARRE HOBBIES.
Everything will be MAGICAL because people are CHAOS DRAGONS.
Which has got to be worth some basic necessities, right? 🥹💃
So my very specific dopamine rush is buying the same clothes Eleanor Shellstrop from The Good Place wears (new master thread of photos as and when I find the clothes in my wardrobe again)
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"If there's Universal Basic Income, nobody will work, people will just sit around being lazy"
NO. They will sit around being WEIRD LITTLE SNOWFLAKES and doing BIZARRE HOBBIES.
Everything will be MAGICAL because people are CHAOS DRAGONS.
Which has got to be worth some basic necessities, right? 🥹💃
NO. They will sit around being WEIRD LITTLE SNOWFLAKES and doing BIZARRE HOBBIES.
Everything will be MAGICAL because people are CHAOS DRAGONS.
Which has got to be worth some basic necessities, right? 🥹💃
Starting January First, five states will restrict what people can buy with food assistance. That is the opposite of trust.
Universal basic income for every United States citizen is the solution: food security, without restriction. freedom and dignity for all.
Read More: people.com/snap-ban-on-...
Universal basic income for every United States citizen is the solution: food security, without restriction. freedom and dignity for all.
Read More: people.com/snap-ban-on-...
The New SNAP Benefits Ban on Soda and Candy Starts Tomorrow in Select States Nationwide
Five states will implement new restrictions on eligible foods for SNAP benefits recipients starting Jan. 1.
people.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Starting January First, five states will restrict what people can buy with food assistance. That is the opposite of trust.
Universal basic income for every United States citizen is the solution: food security, without restriction. freedom and dignity for all.
Read More: people.com/snap-ban-on-...
Universal basic income for every United States citizen is the solution: food security, without restriction. freedom and dignity for all.
Read More: people.com/snap-ban-on-...
Rochester NY gave residents five hundred dollars each month with no restrictions. A local evaluation found people were more likely to save and less likely to fear eviction. Basic income can and will deliver that kind of stability for every U.S. citizen.
Read More: www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
Read More: www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
Guaranteed Basic Income trial program in Rochester led to modest improvements for recipients, study says
Participants in the program were shown to have better financial stability, planning, and lower levels of stress related to their finances.
www.wxxinews.org
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Rochester NY gave residents five hundred dollars each month with no restrictions. A local evaluation found people were more likely to save and less likely to fear eviction. Basic income can and will deliver that kind of stability for every U.S. citizen.
Read More: www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
Read More: www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
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no one should have to work and universal basic income should provide a good living
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
no one should have to work and universal basic income should provide a good living
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In case you missed it, there is now a bill in Congress for Universal Basic Income. The proposal is by Rashida Tlaib and called the BOOST Act as part of her Economic Dignity for All Agenda. The amount would be $250/mo.
There is a Universal Basic Income bill in Congress titled the BOOST Act proposed by Rashida Tlaib
YouTube video by Scott Santens
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December 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In case you missed it, there is now a bill in Congress for Universal Basic Income. The proposal is by Rashida Tlaib and called the BOOST Act as part of her Economic Dignity for All Agenda. The amount would be $250/mo.
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Basic income must be the most studied policy of all and yet we keep getting more trials because politicians cannot accept how well it works
A new trial gave homeless people £2,000 to spend however they choose. What they spent the money on may surprise you.
Homeless people were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened
www.bigissue.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Basic income must be the most studied policy of all and yet we keep getting more trials because politicians cannot accept how well it works
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Every means-tested program creates two costs:
1. Administration
2. Fraud prevention
Universal Basic Income eliminates both by design. If everyone qualifies, there’s nothing to game.
1. Administration
2. Fraud prevention
Universal Basic Income eliminates both by design. If everyone qualifies, there’s nothing to game.
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Every means-tested program creates two costs:
1. Administration
2. Fraud prevention
Universal Basic Income eliminates both by design. If everyone qualifies, there’s nothing to game.
1. Administration
2. Fraud prevention
Universal Basic Income eliminates both by design. If everyone qualifies, there’s nothing to game.
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Having basic needs met is a huge factor in determining health
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Having basic needs met is a huge factor in determining health
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
If everyone had shelter, food, healthcare & a basic income…society would be healthier
Instead the billionaires & corporations hoard wealth and blame us when we become disabled or homeless
Poverty is a policy choice. Not a moral failing
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Why living wage and not universal basic income?
December 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Why living wage and not universal basic income?
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You know what would actually help struggling artists? Universal healthcare and universal basic income
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
You know what would actually help struggling artists? Universal healthcare and universal basic income
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may 2026 be the year we finally start taking UBI seriously 💵
fund it directly from billionaires 🏹
it's not that complicated 🌈
fund it directly from billionaires 🏹
it's not that complicated 🌈
December 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
may 2026 be the year we finally start taking UBI seriously 💵
fund it directly from billionaires 🏹
it's not that complicated 🌈
fund it directly from billionaires 🏹
it's not that complicated 🌈
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Government is good at sending checks. It’s bad at micromanaging lives.
Universal Basic Income respects personal choice while cutting administrative waste. #UBI
Universal Basic Income respects personal choice while cutting administrative waste. #UBI
December 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Government is good at sending checks. It’s bad at micromanaging lives.
Universal Basic Income respects personal choice while cutting administrative waste. #UBI
Universal Basic Income respects personal choice while cutting administrative waste. #UBI
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Before Thatcherism ruined the benefits system, Britain produced some of the greatest bands of all time thanks partly to many making music in their spare time - while "unemployed."
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Before Thatcherism ruined the benefits system, Britain produced some of the greatest bands of all time thanks partly to many making music in their spare time - while "unemployed."
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
Could a Universal Basic Income also create unexpected culture for society?
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I'm a fan of UBI for humanitarian reasons, and selfishly, so that we can have technical discussions that aren't tangled up with folks' basic needs
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm a fan of UBI for humanitarian reasons, and selfishly, so that we can have technical discussions that aren't tangled up with folks' basic needs
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"I was in a position where I could just put my thumb up my butt and play video games all day long. You know? I could do anything I wanted… I made my fortune. The only reason why I even do it now is because I like to do it. Pay, pleasure, prestige — that's the only reason to do a gig."
He gets it.
He gets it.
Macaulay Culkin explains his perpetual retirement from acting: 'Technically, I'm retired right now'
Retirement is a perpetual state of mind for Macaulay Culkin, who explains his views on that, and why he took a lengthy hiatus from Hollywood at age 14.
ew.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"I was in a position where I could just put my thumb up my butt and play video games all day long. You know? I could do anything I wanted… I made my fortune. The only reason why I even do it now is because I like to do it. Pay, pleasure, prestige — that's the only reason to do a gig."
He gets it.
He gets it.