Implement a universal basic income

I think if we were to implement a Basic Income Guarantee we might save more money in psychiatric care than we think – since we compete with the prison system to be the warehouse for people who can’t make it out in the world and nobody knows what to d... more Unverified source (2015)

An entrepreneurial culture thrives when it’s easy to try lots of new ideas. We should explore ideas like universal basic income to give everyone a cushion to try new things. There is something wrong with our system when I can make billions of dollars... more Unverified source

I am very much in favour, as long as we know how to apply it without taking away incentive to work at the lower end of the market. Unverified source

It is one of the ways of addressing massive global inequality Unverified source

I think we'll end up doing universal basic income. It's going to be necessary. Unverified source

Either we are going to have a basic income that regulates this new society of ours, or we are going to have very substantial social conflicts that get far worse with xenophobia and refugees and migration and so forth. Unverified source

It comes from the right wing originally. Milton Friedman proposed it for example. From his point of view it was part of an effort to undermine welfare state measures. But it doesn’t have to have a reactionary component. It can be interpreted as somet... more Unverified source

The pool of displaced workers will just keep growing exponentially, and the solution is to level the playing field. Unverified source

The unconditional basic income is a way of shaping the necessary social change from preservation to new construction so as to become socially compatible. Unverified source

Basic income is the way of the future. Unverified source

I am a big fan of work programs and universal basic income. Government and society has a role to play in ensuring a smooth transition between technological disruption. We can have a society where there are tons of jobs for everyone. There is always g... more Unverified source

A Guaranteed Basic Income is an idea worth considering. Unverified source

If you have a basic income, you have a certain degree of self-worth. A set income and a ‘housing first’ strategy would work wonders, Unverified source

There has always been someone who put trust in me and said: Mr. Werner, show us what you can do. Exactly the same way the basic income says: We grant you so that you can live humbly but with dignity, and now you can show us what you can do. Unverified source

An Unconditional Basic Income Is The Solution But The Important Word Here Is Basic. Unverified source

This is an invitation to be part of something that really makes sense Unverified source

There is a strong link between having a basic income and creating a strong local economy. There is more money to circulate and it supports the ‘buy local’ movement. Unverified source

Let’s trial an Australian basic income for all Unverified source

Time to take a serious look at basic annual guaranteed income Unverified source

The number one thing that would let more independent artists exists in America is a universal basic income. Unverified source

A kind of basic income will be absolutely inevitable. Unverified source

What if robots stealing our jobs could actually be a good thing, rather than something to fear? That’s the thinking behind Basic Income. Unverified source

We will need to redistribute income and wealth. Such redistribution could take the form of a basic income for every adult, together with funding of education and training at any stage in a person’s life Unverified source

In developed countries, we don't let people starve or go without emergency medical care, so we effectively already have a basic income. Let's start by making it less random and inefficient. Unverified source

What Would Happen If We Just Gave People Money? - FiveThirtyEight http://nzzl.us/KBNK9d3 ... I'm for it. Won't stop me from working harder Unverified source

There was no middle class, then there was a middle class, now we’re back where we started—it’s hollowed out. I don’t see where the middle class is going to come from. You’ll start seeing more conversation about a guaranteed income. Unverified source

It is very much the belief of us who favour a basic income that 99 per cent of people want to improve their lives. If you do not have basic security you cannot be rational Unverified source

In the 1970s, a five-year basic income program in the Canadian province of Manitoba called Mincome showed promising results. Parents spent more time raising children. Students showed higher test scores and lower dropout rates. Hospital visits, mental... more Unverified source

When people ask me what HR technology or program excites me most, I tell them: universal basic income. Unverified source

Use the tax-transfer mechanism (e.g. through a guaranteed minimum income for all, or an ambitious negative income tax, public funding of health care and long-term care etc.) to support those left behind by technological advances. Unverified source

America needs to take radical steps to prevent Great Depression-level unemployment and a total societal meltdown, including handing out trillions of dollars in cash. Unverified source

The time has come for the provinces and territories to dismantle what has become an understaffed, stressed, and ineffective bureaucratic system that hurts more than it helps. There exist several viable models for a basic income – administered through... more Unverified source

Another reason for a basic income - Old and on the Street: The Graying of America’s Homeless Unverified source

We have a small technological aristocracy and a middle class struggling to catch up with the demands of a more efficient economy. Basic income can bring a baseline and offer freedom to those trapped by our new economy. Unverified source

Utopia? Not at all. We need to advance the discussion and make politicians understand that it is the only way forward. And if we don’t move forward, we’re going to end up in a place none of us is going to like. Unverified source

I think it’s good to start studying [basic income] early. I’m fairly confident that at some point in the future, as technology continues to eliminate traditional jobs and massive new wealth gets created, we’re going to see some version of this at a n... more Unverified source

To benefit from the automation revolution we need a universal basic income, the slashing of working hours and a redefinition of ourselves without work Unverified source

Moderates within the Labour Party shouldn’t be afraid to embrace radical ideas. I’m coming out for Basic Income. Unverified source

[With basic income,] people can rest and recover their freedom. Thus basic income would also unleash innovation [and relieve people from their] existential fears. Unverified source

Basic income is not a utopia. It's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey Unverified source

One way to think about a basic income is as follows: it removes a currently binding constraint on time optimization for many individuals allowing them to escape a local minimum – that in turn lets the economy as a whole adjust much faster (and with f... more Unverified source

How can we help as many people as possible as much as possible with the resources we have? Unverified source

The basic income is needed to serve the creative genius of the community (i.e. the ‘scenius’) Unverified source

Even if the robots don’t come, our labour market is so precarious that as it is, it isn’t working. That’s why we need basic income. Unverified source

An unconditional basic income would make part-time work a possibility for many who now have to work full-time at minimum wages; it would also start to give all workers the same choice as to how much to work, and under what conditions, as is now posse... more Unverified source

I’m supportive of the idea of a basic income over the long term and believe that one day something of this size will likely be necessary to cope with the impact of automation and globalized trade on the United States. Unverified source

This idea finds support across America’s ideological spectrum in an era when hardly anything else does Unverified source

Building a political coalition around the idea of basic income would help end the resentment of those in work contributing to support those who are not able to work or cannot find jobs. Payment of a basic income to everyone would price workers into m... more Unverified source

I am very much pro basic income Unverified source

Ultimately we need something like a universal basic income. There has to be someway to distribute this kind of technological wealth more fairly to the rest of the world. Unverified source

Basic Income smoothes work transitions whilst providing security in an age of potentially rapid technological change Unverified source

It could be a solution - not today, not tomorrow, but in a society which has changed fundamentally by digitization. I try not to think in rigid structures, but to see what is changing in the world and how we might react when things arrive as we expec... more Unverified source

We are keen to have that debate about whether the time has arrived for us to have a system that is seamless, easy to pass through, [with a] guaranteed basic income and [where] you can move in and out of work on a regular basis. Unverified source

Our economy [Hawaii's] is changing far more rapidly than anybody's expected. It is important to be sure that everybody will benefit from the technological revolution that we're seeing to make sure no one's left behind. Unverified source

If you want to incentivise work at every level of income then Basic Income is simply the best system Unverified source

An UBI within striking distance of the poverty level, as commonly understood, would, conceptually, be affordable without aggressively attacking the fortunes of upper income Americans and without raising anyone’s effective marginal tax rates Unverified source

An unbiased support for everyone? I think this principle will eventually assert itself, indeed I believe it is a necessity. Unverified source

There's probably a huge amount of problems in the world that would probably be fixed if there was a guaranteed income Unverified source

As we have ever higher rates of technological innovation, and every higher rates of automation, the basic guaranteed income is one such innovation which indeed may be a phenomenal idea. We need to try it. Unverified source

The next Dutch government should make poverty in Holland #history by implementing #BasicIncome. #ModernSociety Unverified source

If we can enable a world of creators, the ROI on a basic income... it's just incomprehensible. It's so big. Unverified source

Universal Basic Income is definitely part of the GP platform under Economic Justice & Sustainability Unverified source

Basic income is the long-term answer to the increasing precariousness of ordinary people in a global economy that can shift their jobs to the other side of the world in a heartbeat. Unverified source

I am really, really interested if he will bring that to bear in terms of some really significant changes to the taxation system that would really help us manage poverty in a brand new way, Unverified source

A Citizens Basic Income (CBI) would ensure that the financial gains from paid work were always positive and would provide a more secure base for individuals to opt in and out of the labour market, thus promoting greater flexibility with respect to in... more Unverified source

We need a Universal Basic Income to provide a base level for everyone. Unverified source

Universal basic income (UBI) schemes are often rejected out of hand as too expensive. In some countries [eg. Italy] however, paying every resident a basic income sufficient for survival could actually result in budget savings. Unverified source

I completely agree that Universal Basic Income is a good idea. But I think that’s just the beginning of the discussion. Unverified source

I think Universal Basic Income has legs. Unverified source

We may have to consider instituting a Basic Income Guarantee. Unverified source

Paying everyone a basic income will end poverty and save money. Unverified source

Giving everyone $15,000 would put everyone on the same level. They could do with it whatever they wanted, but having the financial security of some basic money to live on, would give them the opportunity to work on what they want. Work is everything, Unverified source

I think it’s the principles behind the idea [of a guaranteed income] that matter. These principles are greater simplicity for the government, greater transparency on the part of families and greater equity for everyone Unverified source

[I am] speaking out more lately for measures to deal with inequality – such as a basic income guarantee policy – because others don’t. Unverified source

I support a minimum basic income, which was actually proposed by none other than President Richard Nixon and conservative economist Milton Friedman. Unverified source

The government should take care of people with low income and should be pushing basic income grants Unverified source

India should consider replacing inefficient subsidies with a basic monthly income for all citizens Unverified source

Europe needs radical social reform, including a basic income. Unverified source

We (Edmonton and Calgary) may be in a position to pilot some different solutions. As partners, we may be able to help the Province implement [a basic income guarantee pilot]. Unverified source

What basic income does is set a floor, a monetary floor by which no one will fall below. So you want to guarantee that basic income for everybody. Unverified source

Adopting a universal basic income for all people can help society think creatively with new ideas, develop new industries — and free-up people to work on important future projects. This practical social support program can grow as science & technolog... more Unverified source

The rapid replacement of jobs by machines/artifical intelligence will lead to the need for a Universal Basic Income. Unverified source

UBI is designed to deliver a benefit, which would insulate workers from the shocks of a stop-and-start economy Unverified source

Universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial system careening out of control Unverified source

We usually focus on employment and production. Yet, much of the world’s population has no realistic prospects of employment, and we already produce more than what is sustainable. Basic income, however, separates survival from employment or production... more Unverified source

The most compelling argument for the UBI stems from our evolving social and economic organisation. Radical advances in digital technologies, robotics and artificial intelligence will transform our society beyond our capacity to imagine at this point.... more Unverified source

[Martin Ford's] solution is blindingly obvious: As both conservatives and liberals have proposed over the years, we need to institute a guaranteed annual minimum income Unverified source

A basic-income guarantee would dominate net workfare earnings in terms of the impact on poverty for a given budgetary outlay. Unverified source

We'll have to develop – and develop ourselves towards – a society where it'll be possible to guarantee the income level and well-being of people without ravaging the labour markets. And the solution will be a basic income scheme – be it this one or a... more Unverified source

Basic income would get rid of chronic capitalism Unverified source

We have to shield our society. An unconditional simple income can be a basis to lead a decent existence. Unverified source

That simple question - "Which scenario is better for the society as a whole?" - lies at the heart of the concept of a Basic Income. Unverified source

You can think so much in terms of re-distribution. Or you can begin thinking about justice in terms of restoring another way of life Unverified source

If more and more workers are going to be displaced by robots, then they will need money to live on, will they not? And if that strikes you as a form of socialism, I would suggest we get used to it. Unverified source

A generous basic income would contribute to revitalizing a socialist challenge to capitalism Unverified source

If conservatives really want to do away with “wasteful” and “overly bureaucratic” social services in the U.S. - services like Medicaid, Social Security and foodstamps - there’s an easy alternative. It’s simple. It encourages personal responsibility. ... more Unverified source

Basic income – where we all are given a payment from the state as a right of citizenship – should be introduced. Unverified source

But best of all, the suggestion is cost neutral, fair, cheap to administer and will always mean work pays fairly. Those are goals all political parties say they share. That is why a basic income should appeal to everyone. Unverified source

Guaranteed income is the kind of radical idea we urgently need Unverified source

As we look ahead to the next decade and beyond, it is an idea that merits deeper consideration. I therefore confirm that the Scottish Government will work with interested local authorities to fund research into the concept and the feasibility of a ci... more Unverified source

Universal basic income is worth considering Unverified source

At a time when machines are replacing low- and middle-income workers, we want there to be an incentive to get people to a basic income. Unverified source

The assurance of basic income could be a comfort to those who have anxiety about systemic transition; so that people need not fear losing their job in the oil and gas sector, because everyone will be allowed a basic living. Unverified source

I think the main reason there should be universal basic income is that it's very important to have a cash safetynet that is extensive and universal. Unverified source

I don't have to work. I choose to work. And I believe that everyone deserves the same freedom I have. If done right, it's also economically superior, meaning that we will all have more wealth. We often talk about how brilliant or visionary Steve Job... more Unverified source

I think these impacts will grow as we build more sophisticated machines able to do ‘mundane’ jobs. My suspicion is that more countries will have to follow Finland’s lead in exploring basic income guarantees for people. In short, my biggest worry abou... more Unverified source

We need to discard all forms of social programs and replace it with one - universal basic income - which is the individual right for every citizen to unconditionally get an income from the state on a regular basis. Unverified source

The basic income movement is designed to enhance the dignity and well-being inclusion of all people and move us closer to our vision of social equity Unverified source

I happen to think universal basic income and a high minimum wage work well in combination to produce tighter labor markets, more consumer spending power, and if McDonald's want to lure you out of your rock band or off your couch to go and cook french... more Unverified source

Guaranteed minimum wage […] would relieve a whole lot of stress for a lot of working people and poor people Unverified source

if we had a basic income wouldn't that inspire you to work rather then take away your incentive? It would keep you from gettign captured in a dead-end job doing the same thing over. Then you would have the courage to go to school, you would have the ... more Unverified source

The economy continues to develop in the way it is with bounty and more spread, more billionaires, and more struggling members of the working class. I do think that there will be more and more momentum for safety-net programs like basic income. Unverified source

Replacing the welfare state with an annual grant is the best way to cope with a radically changing U.S. jobs market—and to revitalize America’s civic culture Unverified source

We're about to lose some of the most basic programs we had [because of technology], like Medicare, potentially. I don’t think there's any proof that it's any more politically feasible to hold on to what we have than to build on a big new idea. Unverified source

Policies like these can help people struggling just to survive and allow them to get on their feet, be entrepreneurial and be more creative. Unverified source

Basic Income: a simple and powerful idea for the twenty-first century Unverified source

Even an extremely modest universal basic income could pay huge dividends.

A minimal guarantee with regard to income, it seems to me as almost inevitable in terms the direction that the structural changes of our economy are taking us in.

The question is not if technology is advanced enough to adopt it. The question is if UBI can advance tech. Basic income is the missing foundation upon which everything else should be built upon.

The truth is that deep learning has advanced AI a large amount, and when we combine deep learning with robotics, we'll get amazing improvements. This will also lead to the automation of many jobs, but if we have UBI, this can be a great thing and lea... more

What are the keys to social mobility? A basic income can provide for a rigorous, multi-perspective, unabridged education supplemented with enough resources to become independent with a self-sustaining business that can lead to freedoms as instituted ... more

With robotics taking the jobs of so many workers and the only new jobs not paying enough to live on, I think there is no more practical choice than to institute a UBI, and I think it should be tax-free and not means-tested so that people would not be... more

I'm skeptical that Universal Basic Income can get rid of grinding poverty, since somehow humanity's 100-fold productivity increase (since the days of agriculture) didn't eliminate poverty. Verified source

Paying people not to work will only increase inequality and rancor. [...] If universal basic income is aimed to improve the objective conditions of the average person in 2050, it has a fair chance of succeeding. But if it is aimed to make people subj... more Unverified source

Universal basic income can be part of a solution but is not a panacea. Some advocate paying everyone in society a flat amount to compensate for the lost Universal basic income (UBI) can be expensive, inefficient compared to most alternatives because ... more Unverified source

You want your government to think more carefully about targeting programmes that help those in need, rather than universal. That’s a trade-off given the budget constraints on the public sector Unverified source

I do not believe in unconditional basic income because this just encourages people to be trapped in low skilled jobs without a meaningful path to climb up to do better work. So rather than to pay people to “do nothing” I would rather see a new “New d... more Unverified source

I have difficulty in understanding those who insist on wishing to pay a basic income of 500 Euros per month to those earning a salary of 2000 Euros, and then deduct the same sum by raising their taxes deducted at source. Unverified source

There is almost a ‘neoclassical market equilibrating assumption’ behind most BIG analysis that says: “as long as people have cash, the market will magically provide the goods for them, allow them to acquire assets, provide them with the freedom to d... more Unverified source

S’il règle le problème du non-recours et réduit la pauvreté monétaire, s’il permet d’éviter la stigmatisation et de supprimer les contrôles humiliants, le revenu de base a un coût financier important, non pas dû à son objectif principal, aider les p... more Unverified source

The trouble with the UBI is that the utopia it promises is a deceit. Replacing our complex system of welfare benefits with a single equal payment for everyone means one of two things: either the universal basic income is too low to replace the benefi... more Unverified source

I do not support sending a BIG check to everyone. It is a devaluation of the currency, as prices rise so that the BIG payment essentially becomes the entry price to the marketplace. So we will need to target the BIG to those who do not (or cannot) w... more Unverified source

There are fairer ways to spread prosperity than universal basic income. Better alternatives include universal public services and a minimum income guarantee. Unverified source

Are the good, effective anti-poverty programs currently in place fully funded? I’m quite certain they’re not, and thus the question for progressives is what gets us the bigger inequality-and-poverty-reducing-bang-for-the-buck: a dollar to UBI, or a d... more Unverified source

Shifting [...] to a basic income system is essentially saying that we consider the challenges of disability, old age, parenthood and prohibitive rents less important than administrative simplicity and the inefficiencies associated with means-testing Unverified source

The basic income will further divide society and prevent social mobility. Those who, due to their family background, have good prospects for interesting employment and high income will maintain their existing work ethic, engaging in school and study,... more Unverified source

Reducing work-time(...) is enormously preferable, because everyone benefits equally and together. The alternative – reducing the number of workers per capita (with an UBI) – amounts to the creation of essentially arbitrary classes of idle and segment... more Unverified source

A more effective and convincing strategy for the centre left is to strengthen, reform and revitalise welfare states and social policies. Unverified source

Let’s take the position of women in society. Some advocates of the universal allowance claim that it would strengthen it. But providing an income is not emancipation. Emancipation is ensuring that men and women can participate in life in society, and... more Unverified source

Una cosa è una proposta di basic income sulla base della convinzione (del tutto illusoria) che vivremmo in una fase di espansione quasi automatica della produttività sociale, per l’emergere di un ‘comune’ che esprimerebbe una spontanea cooperazione c... more Unverified source

La proposition avancée [par le revenu universel] ne contribue à résoudre ni le problème du chômage ni ceux de la pauvreté et des inégalités. Elle s’appuie sur l’idée fausse que le travail serait en voie de disparition, que les protections sociales se... more Unverified source

If we are to go on the offensive against the neoliberal agenda, surely it is the fight for free, expanded and accessible public services that should be our focus. If present systems of income support for unemployed, sick and disabled people are inadq... more Unverified source

Even the US isn't rich enough to allow people not to work. Some day we will be but until then things like the Earned Income Tax Credit will help increase the demand for labor. Unverified source

Paying people a basic income would not remove the fundamental problem that in the digital economy some people will do extraordinarily well and many others find themselves left behind. One oft-heard argument is that if people want more money than basi... more Unverified source

If someone is a taker rather than a maker, and becomes dependent on the government for their unemployment checks, that creates a victim mentality. I decided right then and there that I didn't want someone to give me a fish; I needed to be taught how ... more Unverified source

There probably isn't much danger that Finns will stop working if they get a basic income. The bigger risk is that the government won't be able to pay for it. Unverified source

We can’t pay for it Unverified source

1.896.963 (76,9 %) electors rejected UBI, which was rejected in all the cantons as well Unverified source

The right-wing version of UBI (...) is that the government should provide its citizens with a basic income at the subsistence level, while providing no (or little) further goods and services. As far as I can see, this is the version of UBI supported ... more Unverified source

Q: Proposte come il reddito di cittadinanza credi che possano aiutare a contenere il problema? A: Credo che sia una battaglia di retroguardia, se non addirittura di destra. Perché l'idea che lo Stato si inserisca in questa intermittenza e fornisca al... more Unverified source

Hamon est peut-être plus radical, dans son approche, il cherche à proposer un autre modèle. D'où son idée de revenu universel, qui part du principe que l'emploi se raréfie, ce qu'on peut constater effectivement. Mais je ne pense pas que ce soit la bo... more Unverified source

L’instauration d’un revenu de base impliquerait par sa philosophie et pour son financement la suppression de certaines prestations sociales : allocations familiales, minima sociaux, allocation de handicap, minimum vieillesse, allocations-chômage et m... more Unverified source

To claim a share of such wealth without being willing to make this contribution is unfairly to free-ride on those citizens who do make the required contribution. If this unfairness is to be avoided, receipt of an equal share of the relevant types of ... more Unverified source

I don’t in fact favour a basic income as such, what I favour is what I call a participation income Unverified source

Basic Income does not affect the causes of income inequality and wealth, of precarious jobs, of poverty and of unbearable life conditions. It would only mitigate their disastrous effects. Measures such as the Basic Income can, maybe, make precariousn... more Unverified source

There are three potential targets for a Basic Income. We want to ameliorate poverty with a big basic transfer. We also want to improve work incentives by lowering the clawback rate on income-tested benefits for low earners. Finally, we want to work w... more Unverified source