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Universal Basic Income as the Social Vaccine of the 21st Century
Can the savings of basic income exceed the costs? > “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” — Benjamin Franklin [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/247269-an-ounce-of-prevention-is-worth-a-pound-of-cure] For those not familiar with this old idiom, it means it’s less costly to avoid problems from ever happening in the
Why should adults with kids get more basic income?
This is a question that shows a particular perspective in the very way it's framed. What about this question instead: "Why should kids get basic incomes too, and not just adults?" They might look like they are basically the same, but they contain different viewpoints. Here&
The Potential Effects of a Universal Basic Income Guarantee on Student Loans
Yes, it's true. I actually made this post's Futurama-inspired image recently to celebrate my life's most recent milestone at age thirty-seven, and it climbed to the front page of Reddit. The fact it was upvoted by almost 4,000 people I think says something.
What We Can Learn About Systems from W. Edwards Deming
Japan arose like a phoenix from the ruins of World War II to quickly become the second most powerful economy in the world. This unbelievable feat has been called an “economic miracle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_post-war_economic_miracle].” Do you know how they did it? The answer
For Those Who Believe a Basic Income is Morally Wrong
You obviously have very strong feelings of morality, and especially the "rightness" of your own morality, so I'm certainly not about to attempt to change your mind, or to show how basic income can be seen as somehow being moral [http://www.pieria.co.uk/articles/
How We Can Transform America’s Broken Economic System to Work for EVERYONE
No matter how poor or rich, ALL of our lives can be better in the 21st century… if we unbreak the system Japan arose like a phoenix from the ruins of World War II to quickly become the second most powerful economy in the world. This unbelievable feat has been
Wouldn't a basic income just be stealing from those who earned their money?
This kind of question is built on the assumption that all money earned is earned fairly and justly, and all money taxed is both unfair and unjust. Here's the thing, that idea of private property we take for granted as the foundation of just about everything? Perhaps we
Yes, It Really is Different This Time
A conversation of increasing frequency, especially post-CGP Grey's excellent " Humans Need Not Apply [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU]": Bill: We've been hearing about this technological unemployment crap for a long time. Every time someone has said, "It's different this
Basic Income is Impossible
"That's impossible." No, I'm not quoting Luke Skywalker (although we certainly know he was wrong). I'm quoting a lot of people whose responses to the idea of basic income I've read since late 2013 when I subscribed to /r/BasicIncome
What Can We Do to Grow the Basic Income Movement in 2015?
1... I feel I've already somewhat answered this question in a recent blog post, so here again is that blog post: 5 Steps to Becoming a BIG Contributor [http://www.scottsantens.com/5-steps-to-becoming-a-big-contributor-basic-income-guarantee] . I firmly believe that in 2015 we need to focus on organizing local meetings [http: