Thomas Oberhäuser
@thoob.bsky.social
Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen (basic income), Grundrechte, Menschenrechte, Philosophie, Ethik, ..
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For example, what role do vouchers play in the social welfare system? They are intended to provide targeted help to the poor. But why not abolish poverty altogether? That could be achieved with a basic income. #basicincome
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
For example, what role do vouchers play in the social welfare system? They are intended to provide targeted help to the poor. But why not abolish poverty altogether? That could be achieved with a basic income. #basicincome
Immer mehr Arbeitslose. In vielen Ländern. Gibt es eine Lösung? Ja klar. Das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen. Die Bürger müssen es bloß umsetzen.
#grundeinkommen
#grundeinkommen
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Immer mehr Arbeitslose. In vielen Ländern. Gibt es eine Lösung? Ja klar. Das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen. Die Bürger müssen es bloß umsetzen.
#grundeinkommen
#grundeinkommen
All the isms are dead. All the labels (liberal, conservative, libertarian, democrat, republican, social democrat) are meaningless. We should all be HUMANISTS now if we want our species to survive.
I want the United States government to ensure that every American has food to eat, a place to live, a safe neighborhood, transportation to move around & work, clean water to drink, free health care & free education.
Don’t care what label you give that.
That’s what I want my taxes to pay for.
Don’t care what label you give that.
That’s what I want my taxes to pay for.
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Means testing destroys societies. All those angry people who hate the poor for getting SNAP and Medicare and Medicaid and so on are ready to go for fascism because we are too cowardly to tax the rich to just give everyone a universal basic income
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
progressive tax rates and universal basic income is the only moral solution I can dream up
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Je mieser und unzumutbarer die Verhältnisse werden, um so eher brauchen wir Lösungen .. #grundeinkommen
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Je mieser und unzumutbarer die Verhältnisse werden, um so eher brauchen wir Lösungen .. #grundeinkommen
Forced labour programmes ... like jobcenter .. are state-backed labour transfer schemes .. !? 🤔 #basicincome
September 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Forced labour programmes ... like jobcenter .. are state-backed labour transfer schemes .. !? 🤔 #basicincome
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... Nice to talk about #basicincome. And it is not expensive. Basic income is mostly an replacement or substitution of existing incomes. Do journalists know this? 😳
Money for everyone an option as AI opens the door for basic income
COVID showed just how "fragile" our economic security is. As artificial intelligence potentially takes jobs from humans, a universal basic income might be a solution.
www.abc.net.au
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... Nice to talk about #basicincome. And it is not expensive. Basic income is mostly an replacement or substitution of existing incomes. Do journalists know this? 😳
.. immediate access to permanent housing. www.rte.ie/news/ireland... #basicincome
Depaul helped over 1,000 exit homelessness last year
The number of people moved from homelessness into long-term accommodation run by the homeless charity Depaul last year rose by 39%.
www.rte.ie
September 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
.. immediate access to permanent housing. www.rte.ie/news/ireland... #basicincome
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In this new piece I argue that the climate crisis cannot be solved within capitalism. I think we need to take this fact seriously and consider what it means for the climate movement.
Link in the reply.
Link in the reply.
September 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In this new piece I argue that the climate crisis cannot be solved within capitalism. I think we need to take this fact seriously and consider what it means for the climate movement.
Link in the reply.
Link in the reply.
Also the top 10% are consuming half of all goods and services and the bottom 60% are consuming only 20%. Our economy has become reoriented over the past five decades away from the demands of the middle class and toward those with high incomes. Fixing this requires UBI, M4A, and taxing the rich.
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.
The system is broken.
September 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Universal Basic Income would improve mental health, reduce homelessness, reduce crime, and reduce drug and alcohol abuse. I'm not saying it would 100% fix all of these, but that it would significantly help with all of them as just one policy. UBI and universal healthcare are musts for our wellbeing.
I’m sitting on a panel across from someone who believes that people with mental health disorders should be imprisoned.
Unfortunately she’s not alone in that opinion. Donald Trump’s recent executive order on homelessness shows that he believes the same thing. It’s fucking abhorrent.
Unfortunately she’s not alone in that opinion. Donald Trump’s recent executive order on homelessness shows that he believes the same thing. It’s fucking abhorrent.
September 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you're serious about preventing crime, then you should be serious about universal basic income. Education + healthcare will only get you so far. Canada's basic income pilot in the 1970s reduced overall crime in Dauphin by 15% and violent crime by 37%. In Namibia's UBI pilot, crime dropped by 43%.
Mass incarceration as a solution to crime is like using quarantine to fight food poisoning. Once you've had the meal it's too late.
We ought to be putting 90% of our resources into preventative measures like education, housing resources, and healthcare.
We ought to be putting 90% of our resources into preventative measures like education, housing resources, and healthcare.
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Could Welsh independence lead to a Welsh #UBI? Good feature here from @ThatSociologist Dr Dave Beck
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The Future of an Independent Cymru and the Potential of a UBI
This article was previously published in ByLines Cymru
drdavebeck.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Das Jobcenter, also Hartz4 hat heute dieselbe Funktion, wie vor 20 Jahren, als es eingeführt wurde. Es hat sich somit gesellschaftlich nichts verbessert. 😳
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Direkte #Demokratie
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Direkte #Demokratie
July 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Das Jobcenter, also Hartz4 hat heute dieselbe Funktion, wie vor 20 Jahren, als es eingeführt wurde. Es hat sich somit gesellschaftlich nichts verbessert. 😳
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Direkte #Demokratie
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Direkte #Demokratie
Ein-Euro Ramschläden als Ausdruck der Verschlechterung gesellschaftlicher Verhältnisse in den letzten 25 Jahren. 😯
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Bessere #Gesellschaft
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Bessere #Gesellschaft
July 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ein-Euro Ramschläden als Ausdruck der Verschlechterung gesellschaftlicher Verhältnisse in den letzten 25 Jahren. 😯
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Bessere #Gesellschaft
Bedingungsloses #Grundeinkommen
Bessere #Gesellschaft
What is #UniversalBasicIncome (UBI)?
✅ Everyone gets it no matter your income, job status, or background.
🗓️ Regular cash payments.
💸 Spend it how you need. No strings attached.
What are your initial thoughts on #UBI? 👇
✅ Everyone gets it no matter your income, job status, or background.
🗓️ Regular cash payments.
💸 Spend it how you need. No strings attached.
What are your initial thoughts on #UBI? 👇
July 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I know it's a little late in the day to be posting this, but just a reminder to be keeping eyes on policy coming out of Korea in the next little while 👀 #BasicIncome
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A Friend of BIEN becomes the President of South Korea | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network
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July 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Our Senior Researcher @joefherb.bsky.social on why more growth is not the answer to the UK's economic woes 👇
Centrist economists - like the UK government - are obsessed with the hammer of growth, and see every problem as a nail. We need to move beyond this failed orthodoxy.
Some responses to Martin Wolf’s piece in the FT today 🧵:
www.ft.com/content/8a49...
Some responses to Martin Wolf’s piece in the FT today 🧵:
www.ft.com/content/8a49...
July 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ITSA UBI Project: Comingle
By Income To Support All Foundation
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June 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Senator Kim Pate: “The time to act is now — let’s make basic income a reality for PEI and set a new standard for social and economic support throughout Canada.”
June 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM