Scott Santens
@scottsantens.com
Unconditional / Universal Basic Income (UBI) knowledge resource
Founder & CEO of UBI-focused nonprofit ITSAfoundation.org
Host of The Basic Income Show youtube.com/scottsantens
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Founder & CEO of UBI-focused nonprofit ITSAfoundation.org
Host of The Basic Income Show youtube.com/scottsantens
My #UBI FAQ: scottsantens.com
Contact me: linktr.ee/scottsantens
Are you sure? That's not what the paper says which explicitly contrasts it to a similar program in Turkey that works as you describe.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Are you sure? That's not what the paper says which explicitly contrasts it to a similar program in Turkey that works as you describe.
Brazil provides an unconditional monthly income for life to the daughters of military parents who've died that on median is equal to $2,250/mo and where some go up to $15k a month. Based on 30,400 daughters a recent study found that a UBI of $1,300/mo could likely decrease earnings by close to zero.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Brazil provides an unconditional monthly income for life to the daughters of military parents who've died that on median is equal to $2,250/mo and where some go up to $15k a month. Based on 30,400 daughters a recent study found that a UBI of $1,300/mo could likely decrease earnings by close to zero.
8 Senate Democrats tonight
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
8 Senate Democrats tonight
New article in @usatoday.com published today about universal basic income that I was interviewed for by its author.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
New article in @usatoday.com published today about universal basic income that I was interviewed for by its author.
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Fascinating new study here that suggests even an extremely high universal basic income would not have the labor supply impacts that UBI skeptics fear. It suggests that a ~$15,000/mo UBI might only reduce employment by 10% with no impact on those who remain employed.
drive.google.com/file/d/12iDs...
drive.google.com/file/d/12iDs...
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Fascinating new study here that suggests even an extremely high universal basic income would not have the labor supply impacts that UBI skeptics fear. It suggests that a ~$15,000/mo UBI might only reduce employment by 10% with no impact on those who remain employed.
drive.google.com/file/d/12iDs...
drive.google.com/file/d/12iDs...
Someone out there with real influence needs to start leading the charge on universal basic income, and preferably in a way that talks about finally distributing a fair share of the stock market.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Someone out there with real influence needs to start leading the charge on universal basic income, and preferably in a way that talks about finally distributing a fair share of the stock market.
Articles like this need to at least MENTION universal basic income.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Articles like this need to at least MENTION universal basic income.
The Trump regime now says it will restart SNAP benefits, but it will pay out only half the amount people normally get.
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Trump regime now says it will restart SNAP benefits, but it will pay out only half the amount people normally get.
🧵 Madison Forward Fund results
Location: Madison, WI
Participants: 155 (parents)
Control group: 200
Amount: $500/mo
Duration: 1 yr
Recipients given $500/mo were MORE likely to be full-time employed and MORE likely to be job-seeking than non-recipients
www.guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-ma...
Location: Madison, WI
Participants: 155 (parents)
Control group: 200
Amount: $500/mo
Duration: 1 yr
Recipients given $500/mo were MORE likely to be full-time employed and MORE likely to be job-seeking than non-recipients
www.guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-ma...
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🧵 Madison Forward Fund results
Location: Madison, WI
Participants: 155 (parents)
Control group: 200
Amount: $500/mo
Duration: 1 yr
Recipients given $500/mo were MORE likely to be full-time employed and MORE likely to be job-seeking than non-recipients
www.guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-ma...
Location: Madison, WI
Participants: 155 (parents)
Control group: 200
Amount: $500/mo
Duration: 1 yr
Recipients given $500/mo were MORE likely to be full-time employed and MORE likely to be job-seeking than non-recipients
www.guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-ma...
"The expensive, bureaucratic apparatus of monitoring and punishing people was effectively useless at getting them into work, but very effective at making them miserable."
Work requirements don't work and means-testing discourages employment.
UBI is the way to go.
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
Work requirements don't work and means-testing discourages employment.
UBI is the way to go.
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"The expensive, bureaucratic apparatus of monitoring and punishing people was effectively useless at getting them into work, but very effective at making them miserable."
Work requirements don't work and means-testing discourages employment.
UBI is the way to go.
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
Work requirements don't work and means-testing discourages employment.
UBI is the way to go.
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
"Sometimes we must realize that the best way to reach a UBI is to present it as a refundable tax credit rather than as a paycheck. As simply reducing the taxation of the rich and poor alike with a cash transfer to those whose tax liability is less than the credit."
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Sometimes we must realize that the best way to reach a UBI is to present it as a refundable tax credit rather than as a paycheck. As simply reducing the taxation of the rich and poor alike with a cash transfer to those whose tax liability is less than the credit."
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
open.substack.com/pub/scottsan...
The results of the Dutch experiments were that dropping work requirements and instead trusting people to find work didn't decrease work and also led to increased trust in return, plus better health. Not clawing back benefits as income increased led to more employment.
Combine those, and that's UBI.
Combine those, and that's UBI.
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The results of the Dutch experiments were that dropping work requirements and instead trusting people to find work didn't decrease work and also led to increased trust in return, plus better health. Not clawing back benefits as income increased led to more employment.
Combine those, and that's UBI.
Combine those, and that's UBI.