There have been more than 10,200 vouchers issued to date since the program launched in 2017 in the wake of Philando Castile's killing during a traffic stop for a broken tail light… The goal is to keep low-income Minnesotans from a "downward spiral" that might come from that ticket

#StopBrokenTaillightPolicing #EndQualifiedImmunityNow
#UnconditionalBasicIncome

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-legislature-vouchers-instead-of-tickets-broken-car-lights/

Reminder https://www.ted.com/talks/rutger_bregman_poverty_isn_t_a_lack_of_character_it_s_a_lack_of_cash?subtitle=en

#UnconditionalBasicIncome #ubi

“a high unemployment rate is significantly worse for the economy (and retirement portfolios) than a bunch of people who get regular steady paychecks, even if they’re doing ‘fake work.’” — https://finance.yahoo.com/news/venture-capitalist-slams-useless-google-111100795.html

Wow.. what a case for unconditional basic income! #ubi #UnconditionalBasicIncome

I hope that with advancements in manufacturing&co. and advancements in wealth distribution (say #UnconditionalBasicIncome) we can soon achieve a state, when the only people in the state between "too young to work" and "too old to work" are the ones who do the work freely and enjoy it:

via @thor

https://berserker.town/@thor/112164636307285325

:)

Food charities brace for jump in demand as cost of groceries rises

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/food-charities-brace-for-jump-in-demand-as-cost-of-groceries-rises/article_854de9ca-d19d-11ee-9aa0-0b1aadc016c8.html

"Demand for food charities in Toronto is expected to jump by 30 per cent in 2024, fuelled largely by the cost of groceries."

Why are we relying on private charity for this, when potential donors are facing the same problem.

#UnconditionalBasicIncome financed by #TaxTheRich

I’ve started reading The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber & David Wengrow. Fascinating, about how the Enlightenment was informed by Indigenous American cultures.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Everything

I paraphrased this excerpt as it stands out for me:

‘In Wendat society, no way to transform access to material resources into the power to make others work for you’

https://archive.org/details/graeber-wengrow-dawn/David%20Graeber%2C%20David%20Wengrow%20-%20The%20Dawn%20of%20Everything_%20A%20New%20History%20of%20Humanity-Farrar%2C%20Straus%20and%20Giroux%20%282021%29/page/n71/mode/1up?view=theater

#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #UnconditionalBasicIncome

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Folgt und interagiert gerne mit diesem Account.

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To all supporters of #BasicIncome #UnconditionalBasicIncome

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