Category: Basic Income

Basic Income Californians Pay Off Debts And Get Full-Time Jobs | California

After receiving $ 500 per month for 2 years without usage rules, 125 people California According to a study published Wednesday, there was a “statistically significant improvement” in emotional health, paying off debt and getting a full-time job.

The program was the hottest experiment in decades of Basic Income (UBI) and attracted public attention when it became a major part of Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential election.

The central idea behind UBI is to save people with guaranteed monthly income from poverty. Proponents say it gives people the financial security they need to find a good job and avoid debt. But critics […]

Experimenting with basic income brings more full-time work

Experimenting with basic income brings more full-time work

In an actual experiment in a city in the United States, 125 people were given $ 500 per month and there were no rules on how to use it.

According to a study published Wednesday, 125 people in California get $ 500 a month for two years, pay off their debts, get full-time jobs, and have a low incidence of anxiety and depression. I reported.

The program in Stockton, Northern California is one of the hottest basic income experiments in the United States, and everyone can get a free monthly guarantee. The idea, presented by former Mayor Michael Tubbs at a […]

The London boroughs that want to give everyone who lives there money

The London boroughs that want to give everyone who lives there money

Experts say a universal basic income could help tackle poverty Two London boroughs could trial a plan to give everyone who lives there money.

Islington and Richmond have both said they would be open to rolling out a universal basic income trial, the London Assembly’s economy committee has heard.

A universal basic income would mean that everyone, regardless of employment status, would regularly receive a fixed amount of money without the need for means testing, which could help reduce poverty as some experts told the Assembly.The figure of £50 a week was suggested at the debate on trialling a basic […]

Black Sash unhappy about minimal grant increases

Black Sash unhappy about minimal grant increases

2021 Budget speech presented by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in Cape Town Western Cape. Photo GCIS Cape Town – Black Sash has written to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni over their unhappiness about the minimal increase in the social grants, saying it places the poor on the altar of “fiscal consolidation”.

The organisation says the minister’s Budget speech failed to address the escalating humanitarian crisis that currently threatens the livelihoods of millions of vulnerable people.

Black Sash national director Lynette Maart said the minister barely spoke about the struggles of poorer households who were predominantly dependent on social assistance. She said his […]

Gwynedd Councillor calls for Universal Basic Income across Wales

Gwynedd Councillor calls for Universal Basic Income across Wales

Bangor Councillor Elin Walker Jones will make a case for introducing a Universal Basic Income across Wales, at a meeting of Gwynedd Council’s full cabinet on Thursday, 4 March.

Universal basic income (UBI) is a government programme in which every adult receives a set amount of money on a regular basis, whatever their situation, be they in work or unemployed, would receive a basic standard of living from the Government.

Cllr Jones believes the system would improve everyone’s health and well-being by providing a decent income that eradicates food banks, homelessness and mental health issues. At Thursday’s meeting she will ask […]

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off

Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off

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A basic income for every Gwynedd resident?

A basic income for every Gwynedd resident?

How could we, in Gwynedd, improve everyone’s health and well-being by providing a decent income that eradicates food banks, homelessness and mental health issues, asks Plaid Cymru Councillor Elin Walker Jones , Bangor? By investing in a Universal Basic Income (UBI) across Wales.

This is the question that Plaid Cymru Gwynedd is putting to all Gwynedd Councillors tomorrow (Thursday 4 March) at full council, asking for support to push for change and introduce Gwynedd as a possible pilot scheme.

What is Universal Basic Income? It’s a state financial support system that ensures a level playing field, where everyone, whatever their situation, […]

Stockton’s Basic Income Experiment Has Spectacular Outcome for Progressivism, Covid Relief Package

Stockton's Basic Income Experiment Has Spectacular Outcome for Progressivism, Covid Relief Package

Michael Tubbs, Mayor of Stockton, is seen at his office in Stockton, California on February 7, 2020. – Mayor Tubbs with the help of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration implemented an18 month trial of Universal Basic Income for 125 residents of his city. The scoffed-at idea of paying everyone a basic income as machines take people’s jobs is getting a fresh look as a possible remedy for economies cratered by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Nick Otto / AFP) (Photo by NICK OTTO/AFP via Getty Images) As many here know, two years ago the city of Sockton, Cal. launched […]

Can a Federal Job Guarantee Unite the Left?

Can a Federal Job Guarantee Unite the Left?

Photo by Michael M. Santiago/ Getty Images As left-wing economic policy proposals go, a federal job guarantee has never quite reached prime time status, despite the fact that the underlying idea has been around since at least 1944, when President Franklin Roosevelt proposed it as part of his ​“Economic Bill of Rights.” Now, with Democrats in control of the federal government and as the nation tries to emerge from the economic devastation of the pandemic, a progressive coalition led by Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D‑Mass.) is attempting to push a job guarantee into the political mainstream.

Two weeks ago, Pressley introduced […]

Why Pope Francis is pushing for universal basic income

Why Pope Francis is pushing for universal basic income

Trending A slum area of Philippine capital Manila. According to the World Bank, over 20 million people in Asia have been pushed into poverty and 100 million dislocated due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: AFP) Workers across the world are looking forward to the day capitalism takes the road of human equity with universal basic income (UBI), which would give them much-needed succor after the trial by fire of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis is among the world’s economists, thinkers and billionaires who support UBI as a way of altering the relationship between capital and labor, the two main pillars […]