Tag: basic income

At committee: Pandemic response, Pornhub privacy concerns and military misconduct complaints

At committee: Pandemic response, Pornhub privacy concerns and military misconduct complaints

Committees will meet today. Jolson Lim/iPolitics Amid news that the federal government will offer emergency support to help Ontario deal with skyrocketing COVID-19 case counts, HEALTH members are set to hold another round of hearings on the “emergency situation” brought on by the ongoing pandemic. (11 AM – 1 PM)

On the witness list for today: Association des médecins hématologues et oncologues du Québec , the Association des gastro-entérologues du Québec, Coalition Canada Basic Income, Moms Stop the Harm , and Don’t Forget Students, as well as Schulich School of Business associate professor Winny Shen and Carleton University professor Amedeo […]

Has the Time for Universal Basic Income Finally Arrived?

Has the Time for Universal Basic Income Finally Arrived?

President Joe Biden It’s a labour-market strategy that has been backed by a number of high-profile figures over many decades, from Stephen Hawking to Elon Musk to even Martin Luther King Jr. “We must develop a program that will drive the nation to a guaranteed annual income,” King said in a speech at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) convention in 1967. “We must create full employment, or we must create incomes. People must be made consumers by one method or the other.”

With such luminaries showing clear support for universal basic income (UBI), it is somewhat peculiar that it […]

A ‘Financial Vaccine’: Cambridge Launches Guaranteed Income Pilot Program

A ‘Financial Vaccine’: Cambridge Launches Guaranteed Income Pilot Program

The Fridge in the Square, a community fridge in Harvard Square, launched earlier this year to support local residents experiencing food insecurity. Despite its wealthy universities and companies, a recent study found 20 percent of Cambridge residents make $13,000 dollars a year. By Truong L. Nguyen

Cambridge will pilot a guaranteed income program, doling out $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments to 120 eligible, low-income families for 18 months starting in August.

Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui announced the Cambridge Recurring Income for Success and Empowerment project at a press conference Thursday. Single caretaker households who fall below 80 percent of the median […]

Why Congress’s universal basic income promise in Kerala is not far-fetched

Why Congress’s universal basic income promise in Kerala is not far-fetched

Interacting with students, Rahul Gandhi said democracy is declining in the country. File Photo The Congress, in its 2019 election manifesto, introduced the concept of Nyay, or Universal Basic Income, a concept pushed by Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India. It did not get any traction with the electorate as the Congress lost badly as a nationalistic wave swept the country after the Pulwama attack. Rahul Gandhi, however, is persisting with the concept and built the campaign in Kerala in this election around Nyay.

Economists are divided on this notion as this grand welfare project slowly […]

I admire Michael D, but why has he been so quiet over the past year?

I admire Michael D, but why has he been so quiet over the past year?

I think we have reasons to be disappointed in President Higgins since the arrival of Covid-19.

I have always been an admirer of Michael D prior to his absolute acquiescence with new emergency laws enacted during the past year,and wonder why he has not made a peep or questioned a single move the Dáil has enacted, often to the shock of we, the citizens.

I thought that to be seen as acting as a watchdog on our behalf is a cornerstone of his office; or to at least assure us of his conviction that all is well while we worry that […]

Love Your $1,400 Stimulus Check? Andrew Yang Had Bigger Plans.

Love Your $1,400 Stimulus Check? Andrew Yang Had Bigger Plans.

When businessman Andrew Yang ran in the Democratic primaries for president in the 2020 cycle, his signature proposal was what he called the “Freedom Dividend,” which would have given a UBI (universal basic income) of $1,000 a month to every adult in the country.

“This is independent of one’s work status or any other factor,” Yang’s campaign website said of the Freedom Dividend proposal. “This would enable all Americans to pay their bills, educate themselves, start businesses, be more creative, stay healthy, relocate for work, spend time with their children, take care of loved ones, and have a real stake […]

Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees – Fintech Bitcoin News

Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees – Fintech Bitcoin News

Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees – Fintech Bitcoin News 1 Kotani Pay, a Kenya based digital currency on and off-ramp service provider, has entered into an agreement wherein it will enable the transfer of universal basic income (UBI) payments to African refugees. Working in conjunction with the Refugee Integration Organisation (RIO) and Impact Market, the fintech start-up, which uses the Celo blockchain, will use its platform to ensure payments reach the intended beneficiaries. Using the Blockchain Without the Internet

According to Kotani Pay’s recent post on Medium, the start-up’s […]

Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees

Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees

Kotani Pay, a Kenya based digital currency on and off-ramp service provider, has entered into an agreement wherein it will enable the transfer of universal basic income (UBI) payments to African refugees. Working in conjunction with the Refugee Integration Organisation (RIO) and Impact Market, the fintech start-up, which uses the Celo blockchain, will use its platform to ensure payments reach the intended beneficiaries. Using the Blockchain Without the Internet

According to Kotani Pay’s recent post on Medium, the start-up’s partnership with RIO and Impact Market will also see non-smartphone holders benefitting. Commenting on this unique feature, Kotani Pay said: […]

Woman Shares Why ‘Universal Basic Income’ Means People ‘Shouldn’t Have To Work’

Woman Shares Why ‘Universal Basic Income’ Means People ‘Shouldn’t Have To Work’

Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a progressive concept which basically says people should be paid with no strings attached. This stimulus is expected to improve people’s quality of life and allow them more freedom to seek a job that they really want to do .

Several countries have done trials on UBI on control groups and a small number of citizens. However, the full effect of UBI cannot be observed because while these small numbers of people experience benefits, it applies an insignificant amount of influence nor pressure on other factors. Lori Summers extensively discusses how the concept of UBI […]

Herald View: Voters are right to put manifestos under close scrutiny

Herald View: Voters are right to put manifestos under close scrutiny

Herald View A MANIFESTO, going by the name, ought to be a list of things easily seen, clearly understood, or otherwise obvious. For movements in fine art, film-making or literature, that means general principles, rather than a detailed description of forthcoming work; but that hasn’t been fashionable in politics since the Communist Manifesto’s stirring but vague: “Workers of the world , unite!”

Nowadays, it’s the other way around. The manifesto, for modern political parties, resembles a catalogue of things they would like to see. So, to take a random example, converting one million homes from gas to zero emissions energy […]