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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 5h ago
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But what is an ECI? What is a »European Citizens' Initiative«? A European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is a formal participatory democracy tool in the European Union that allows EU citizens to directly ask the European Commission to propose new laws. To succeed, an initiative must gather at least one million valid signatures from EU citizens of voting age within one year, reaching minimum signature thresholds in at least seven different EU Member States. If successful, the European Commission is legally required to examine the proposal, meet with the organizers, hold a public hearing in the European Parliament, and issue a formal response explaining what legislative action (if any) it intends to take. #basicincome #eciubi2027 #ubi #eci #eu
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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 4d ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
Do you have a bullshit job? A bullshit job (as defined by David Graeber) is a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence, though the conditions of employment force them to pretend otherwise. Tell us in the comments if you (or your friends) have a BS job. #bullshitjob #basicincome #ubi #eciubi2027
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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 2d ago
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More Theological Reasons for a Basic Income Ina Praetorius, a Protestant theologian, argues: »A basic income aligns with Christian values because God also loves us unconditionally.« The hightes level of Tzedakah (צְדָקָה) ('justice') is when neither the giver nor the receiver knows the other's identity, or when the aid enables the person to become self-sufficient. -- Rabbi Maimonides (Rambam), 1200 »The eradication of poverty and the fulfillment of all basic human needs is one of the primary objectives of the Shariah (Maqasid al-Shariah)« -- Muhammad Umer Chapra (محمد عمر شابرا), Pakistani-Saudi economist https://basic-income.eu #basicincome #eciubi2027 #ubi
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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 6d ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
A basic income would allow all kind of activities outside of the capitalist economy, especially when there is space for it: »So there’s a kind of complementary idea to unconditional basic income, which could be called unconditional basic space, which says that cities and communities should provide, as a universal affordance, a space for self-organized activity to take place. And there’s all sorts of ways this can be done in a way that is pretty inexpensive, but provides for this collective capacity then for people to take advantage, through collective action, of their UBI to organize themselves into new ways of doing things. One could imagine a new type of maker space, in which advanced technologies of various sorts that are programmable and flexible, even for manufacturing, could be housed in large warehouses, in which worker cooperatives could engage in forms of leasing those means of production from municipalities. « Erik Olin Wright, Lecture at the University of Sydney, Department of Political Economy, 29 March 2018. #basicincome #ECIUBI2027 #UBI
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Mike 🩼🇨🇦 @MikeImBack@mstdn.ca
· 4d ago
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"The so-called ‘living wage’ needed to comfortably cover living expenses in the Greater Toronto Area has reached nearly $28 an hour, according to a new report." They mention minimum wage, but they don't mention #Disability gives about $800 for expenses, and $500 for rent. We need #UBI #Politics #CdnPoli
This is how much you need to make to comfortably cover living expenses in the GTA
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This is how much you need to make to comfortably cover living expenses in the GTA

The so-called ‘living wage’ needed to comfortably cover living expenses in the Greater Toronto Area has reached nearly $28 an hour, according to a new report.

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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 1w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
»Durch ein Grundeinkommen könnte die staatlich verfaßte Gesellschaft einen Freiraum schaffen, durch den die Menschen befähigt werden, in kleinen sozialen Netzen gemeinsame Selbsthilfe zu initiieren, die nicht nur den Sozialstaat materiell entlasten, sondern den Aufbau von Orten der menschlichen Begegnung fördern, in denen die Menschen den Sinn eigener Leistungsbereitschaft, das Vertrauen in die eigene Leistungsfähigkeit und neue Formen des Umgangs miteinander lernen könnten.« Lieselotte Wohlgennant, Herwig Büchele in »Grundeinkommen ohne Arbeit, 1985 #grundeinkommen #bge #ubi #basicincome #eciubi2027
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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 1w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
Recent data from research groups like METR and the UK AI Security Institute shows that AI task-handling capabilities and time horizons are doubling approximately every 4 to 7 months. It makes sense to push for basic income now, while our labor is still needed and we still have bargaining power. #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome #UBI
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HowToPhil (Phillip R) @howtophil@mastodon.social
· 1w ago
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#maga is melting down, but I tell you now, those fuckers are going to have healthcare, their grandmas are going to be kept healthy and well-fed, their kids are going to get education and medical help. Fuck, we might even make them have Universal Basic Income. They are going to have their fucking lives improved whether they like it or not, along with everyone else. #Healthcare4All #Medicare4All #UBI #TaxesUsedToHelpThePeople
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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 1w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
»Through a basic income, state-organized society could create a sphere of freedom through which people are empowered to initiate collective self-help within small social networks. This would not only provide material relief to the welfare state, but also foster the creation of spaces for human encounter, where people could discover the meaning of their own willingness to contribute, build confidence in their own capabilities, and learn new ways of relating to one another.« -- Lieselotte Wohlgenannt, Herwig Büchele in »Grundeinkommen ohne Arbeit« (Basic Income Without Work), 1985 #ECIUBI2027 #basicincome #ubi Also see: https://grundeinkommen.at/a/wohlgenannt/ https://basic-income.eu
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Lieselotte Wohlgenannt - Netzwerk Grundeinkommen und sozialer Zusammenhalt - BIEN Austria

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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 1w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
Pope Francis on Basic Income: »The UBI could reshape relations in the labor market, guaranteeing people the dignity of refusing employment terms that trap them in poverty. It would give people the basic security they need, remove the stigma of welfarism, and make it easier to move between jobs as technology-driven labor patterns increasingly demand. Policies like the UBI can also help free people to combine earning wages with giving time to the community. « -- Pope Francis in »Let us Dream« (2020) #eciubi2027 #basicincome #UBI #pope
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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 1w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
Bertrand Russell on Basic Income: Russell, author of »Principia Mathematica« and a founder of analytic philosophy, was also in favor of a basic income. He writes: »Anarchism has the advantage as regards liberty, Socialism as regards the inducements to work. Can we not find a method of combining these two advantages? It seems to me that we can. [..] Stated in more familiar terms, the plan we are advocating amounts essentially to this: that a certain small income, sufficient for necessaries, should be secured to all, whether they work or not [..].« https://basic-income.eu #eciubi2027 #ubi #basicincome
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Fusion Party Australia @FusionPartyAus@mastodon.au
· 2w ago
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The Citizens Dividend is a UBI with a simple idea: every Australian gets an unconditional income floor, replacing baseline welfare while keeping disability, housing and carer support on top. It starts at the Henderson Poverty Line, then indexes to a smoothed share of GDP per citizen, so the payment grows when the country actually grows. Because it's taxed like ordinary income, there are no withdrawal cliffs and no incentive to stay below a threshold. That means real freedom to take part-time work, retrain, care or start something, without losing basic security. Fusion is building this. Join us and put an income floor under everyone. #auspol #UBI
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Restore the Fair Go · Reclaim

9 policies on Restore the Fair Go, part of RECLAIM OUR ECONOMY — the Reclaim platform, Fusion Party Australia.

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ECI Unconditional Basic Income @eci_ubi@todon.eu
· 2w ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
Why aren't trade unions promoting the green transformation more? A trade union leader explains: »But you have to understand, the union also has members who work at the airline.« Now we have a problem: if many people's income depends on doing the jobs they already have, then transforming our society becomes difficult. Thus, it follows: Basic Income is a precondition for a social and ecological transformation of our society. #basicincome #ubi #eciubi2027
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