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Implement a universal basic income
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Scott AlexanderAuthor and psychiatristvotes For and says: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)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Mark ZuckerbergCEO at Facebookvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Christopher PissaridesNobel Prize winner in Economicsvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Noam ChomskyLinguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Yanis VaroufakisFormer finance minister of Greece, is Professor of Economics at the University of Athensvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tim Berners-LeeInventor of the World Wide Webvotes For and says:It is one of the ways of addressing massive global inequality Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jeremy HowardFounder: fast.ai; Faculty: Singularity University; Young Global Leader, World Economic Forumvotes For and says:The pool of displaced workers will just keep growing exponentially, and the solution is to level the playing field. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Elon MuskFounder of SpaceX, cofounder of Tesla, SolarCity & PayPalvotes For and says:I think we'll end up doing universal basic income. It's going to be necessary. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Nick HanaeurBillionaire, Amazon Investorvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Rudy KarsanBusiness ownervotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Archbishop Desmond TutuSocial Rights Activist Who Fought Apartheidvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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David RolfVice President of SEIU and President of SEIU Local 775 in Seattlevotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dan SavageLGBT Author and Activistvotes For and says:Guaranteed minimum wage […] would relieve a whole lot of stress for a lot of working people and poor people Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Reverend Dr. Roger Lee RayPastor of Community Christian Churchvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Alec RossFormer Senior Innovation Advisor to Hillary Clinton, currently running for Governor of Marylandvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Charles MurrayLibertarian conservative political scientist, author, and columnistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Andy SternAuthor Raising the Floor; Richman Center, Columbia University; Former President SEIUvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Richard BransonFounder of Virgin (400 companies)votes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Philippe Van ParijsProfessor at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences of the University of Louvainvotes For and says:Basic Income: a simple and powerful idea for the twenty-first century Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Naheed NenshiMayor of Calgaryvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ebrahim HemmatniaGuiness Record Holding Ocean Bikervotes For and says:The next Dutch government should make poverty in Holland #history by implementing #BasicIncome. #ModernSociety Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Francis Fox PivenProfessor of political science and sociology at the City University of New Yorkvotes For and says:Universal income would facilitate a new economic fairness and stability to a financial system careening out of control Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ralph CallebertHistory Professor, Virginia Techvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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George MagnusFormer Chief Economist of UBSvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Barbara EhrenreichAuthor of Nickel and Dimedvotes For and says:[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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Björn WahlroosOne of Richest Men in Finland and Supporter of Free Marketsvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tim HöttgesCEO of Deutsch Telekomvotes For and says:We have to shield our society. An unconditional simple income can be a basis to lead a decent existence. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Willem BuiterCiti's Chief Economistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Sam AltmanCEO at OpenAIvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Martin FordAuthor of Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Futurevotes For and says:Another reason for a basic income - Old and on the Street: The Graying of America’s Homeless Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Toomas Hendrik IlvesPresident of Estonia since 2006votes For and says:The rapid replacement of jobs by machines/artifical intelligence will lead to the need for a Universal Basic Income. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Steven MayProgressive Party Representative in Vermontvotes For and says:UBI is designed to deliver a benefit, which would insulate workers from the shocks of a stop-and-start economy Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Angus DeatonBritish microeconomistvotes For and says:The government should take care of people with low income and should be pushing basic income grants Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Chris EliasmithAI pioneervotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Martin WolfChief economics commentator at the Financial Timesvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Pedro DomingosProfessor of computer science at UW and author of 'The Master Algorithm'votes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Howard LindzonFounder and CEO of Stocktwitsvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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John LillyVC and Former CEO of Mozillavotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Guy StandingUniversity of London Professor, co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN)votes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ryan HolmesCEO of Hootsuitevotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Mike BradleyMayor of Sarnia, Ontariovotes For and says:[I am] speaking out more lately for measures to deal with inequality – such as a basic income guarantee policy – because others don’t. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Andrew Yang2020 US Presidential Candidatevotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Food Banks CanadaOrganization in Canadavotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jim GilliamFounder and CEO of Nationbuildervotes For and says:If we can enable a world of creators, the ROI on a basic income... it's just incomprehensible. It's so big. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dr. Jill SteinMedical doctor. Presidential candidate.votes For and says:Universal Basic Income is definitely part of the GP platform under Economic Justice & Sustainability Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Robin ChaseFounder of ZipCarvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Chris BoosFounder of arago; CTO WISeKeyvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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François BlaisMinister of Employment and Social Solidarity of Quebecvotes For and says:Basic income is the way of the future. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Scott PhoenixEntrepreneur and Cofounder of Vicariousvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Timothy LuttsChief Analyst, Cabot Stock of the Monthvotes For and says:A Guaranteed Basic Income is an idea worth considering. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Keith HobbsMayor of Thunder Bay, Canadavotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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James K. BoyceEconomistvotes For and says:This idea finds support across America’s ideological spectrum in an era when hardly anything else does Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Andrew GambleSir Isaiah Berlin Award for Lifetime Contribution to Political Studiesvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Andrew LittleLabor Party Leader in New Zealandvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jeremy RifkinAmerican Economic and Social Theorist, Author, Political Advisorvotes For and says:Basic income is not a utopia. It's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Elizabeth MayGreen Party of Canadavotes For and says:Paying everyone a basic income will end poverty and save money. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Nicola SturgeonFirst minister of scotland and leader of the scottish national partyvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ray KurzweilAuthor, computer scientist, inventor and futuristvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ro KhannaCandidate for Congress in Silicon Valleyvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tim DraperBillionaire Venture Capitalistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Chris HughesCo-founder of Facebookvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dylan MatthewsJournalist at Voxvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Klaus WellershofChairman of the Board of Wellershoff & Partners. Previously Chief Economist at Swiss Bank Corporationvotes For and says:An unbiased support for everyone? I think this principle will eventually assert itself, indeed I believe it is a necessity. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Yahtzee CroshawCreator of Popular Webseries Zero Punctuationvotes For and says:There's probably a huge amount of problems in the world that would probably be fixed if there was a guaranteed income Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Laura PalmerCo-chair Green Party of Texasvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Paul BuchheitLead developer of Gmail, founder of FriendFeed. and investor in Y Combinatorvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Grace Lee Boggs (deceased)Civil rights activistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jim PughCEO of @ShareProgress and co-founder UniversalIncome.org Former CTO of @RebuildDream and Director of Analytics & Development for @BarackObamavotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Brian EnoArtistvotes For and says:The basic income is needed to serve the creative genius of the community (i.e. the ‘scenius’) Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Neal LawsonChair of Compass, a UK think tankvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Lord Robert SkidelskyEconomistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Martin RavallionEconomistvotes For and says:A basic-income guarantee would dominate net workfare earnings in terms of the impact on poverty for a given budgetary outlay. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Chris LeeDemocratic member of the Hawaii House of Representativesvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Anthony PainterDirector of Policy and Strategy at the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts)votes For and says:If you want to incentivise work at every level of income then Basic Income is simply the best system Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tantoo CardinalCelebrityvotes For and says:This is an invitation to be part of something that really makes sense Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Lisa HelpsMayor of Victoria, BCvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Mark CarnegieVenture Capitalistvotes For and says:Let’s trial an Australian basic income for all Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Laurie RuettimannWriter, Speaker, Human Resources Expertvotes For and says:When people ask me what HR technology or program excites me most, I tell them: universal basic income. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Mike SavageMayor of Halifaxvotes For and says:Time to take a serious look at basic annual guaranteed income Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Molly CrabappleArtistvotes For and says:The number one thing that would let more independent artists exists in America is a universal basic income. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ailsa McKayFeminist Economistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jarrod WilliamsRunning for US Senate for Nevadavotes For and says:We need a Universal Basic Income to provide a base level for everyone. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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OECDInternational economic organisationvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Zoe KeatingCelebrity Cellistvotes For and says:I think Universal Basic Income has legs. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Moshe VardiComputational Engineering Professorvotes For and says:We may have to consider instituting a Basic Income Guarantee. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jean-Yves DuclosMinister of Families, Children and Social Development in Canadavotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Albert WengerVenture Capitalist. Twitter & Tumblr Investor.votes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tim O'ReillyFounder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Investor. Studied at Harvard University.votes For and says:I completely agree that Universal Basic Income is a good idea. But I think that’s just the beginning of the discussion. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tim CanovaDemocrat Running for Florida's 23 Congressional Districtvotes For and says:I support a minimum basic income, which was actually proposed by none other than President Richard Nixon and conservative economist Milton Friedman. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Darian ShiraziCEO of Radiusvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Enrique DansProfessor of Innovation at IE Business School and bloggervotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Paul MasonEconomics Editor, The Guardianvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jonathan ReynoldsLabour MPvotes For and says:Moderates within the Labour Party shouldn’t be afraid to embrace radical ideas. I’m coming out for Basic Income. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Pranab BardhanBerkeley Economics Professorvotes For and says:India should consider replacing inefficient subsidies with a basic monthly income for all citizens Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Georges DassisPresident of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)votes For and says:Europe needs radical social reform, including a basic income. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Josef ZotterCEO Zotter Chocolatesvotes For and says:[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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Don IvesonMayor of Edmontonvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Joe WilliamsRunning for Congress in Santa Cruz, CAvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dustin MoskovitzCo-founder of Facebookvotes For and says:How can we help as many people as possible as much as possible with the resources we have? Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tim WorstallWriter and Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institutevotes For and says:An Unconditional Basic Income Is The Solution But The Important Word Here Is Basic. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ed DolanEconomistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Joe KaeserFormer CEO of Siemensvotes For and says:A kind of basic income will be absolutely inevitable. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Chris HayesHost of All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBCvotes For and says:I am very much pro basic income Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Sam HarrisAmerican author, philosopher, and neuroscientistvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Royal Society of ArtsBritish organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challengesvotes For and says:Basic Income smoothes work transitions whilst providing security in an age of potentially rapid technological change Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Bernd LeukertSAP Board Member (German Firm)votes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ralph NaderConsumer advocate, author and former presidential candidatevotes For and says:Basic income would get rid of chronic capitalism Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Bill GrossAmerican investor, co-Founder of PIMCOvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Marshall BrainFounder of HowStuffWorksvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Gotz WernerFounder of Dm-drogerie Markt (Germany's Walgreens)votes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Erik Olin WrightProfessor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madisonvotes For and says:A generous basic income would contribute to revitalizing a socialist challenge to capitalism Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Thom HartmannRadio Hostvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Owen JonesColumnist for the Guardian and the New Statesmenvotes For and says:Basic income – where we all are given a payment from the state as a right of citizenship – should be introduced. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Richard MurphyProfessor of Practice in International Political Economyvotes For and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Amol RajanEditor-at-Large of The Independentvotes For and says:Guaranteed income is the kind of radical idea we urgently need Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dominick StephensWestpac Chief Economistvotes For and says:Universal basic income is worth considering Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Robert ReichFormer Secretary of Laborvotes For and says: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.DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Scott SantensWriter & Basic Income advocatevotes For and says: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.DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Shyamal S. ChandraSoftware engineer.votes For and says: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 ... moreDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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IngeminiSomeonevotes For and says: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... moreDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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EcosocialistGreen Party, Ecosocialist, Disabled Veteranvotes For and says: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... moreDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Eliezer YudkowskyAI researcher and writerabstains and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Yuval Noah HarariIsraeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalemabstains and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dame Nemat Talaat Shafik, DBE, aka Minouche ShafikEconomist. Director of the London School of Economicsabstains and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Thomas PikettyFrench economist and professorvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Andrew NgBaidu; Stanford CS faculty; founded Coursera and Google Brainvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Joseph StiglitzNobel laureate economist based at Columbia Universityvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Vivek WadhwaAcademicvotes Against and says:UBI will not solve the social problems that come from loss of people’s purpose in life and of their social stature and identity — which jobs provide. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Bob Greensteinfounder of the Center on Budget and Policy Prioritiesvotes Against and says:UBI would replace virtually every program in the federal budget focused on low- or moderate-income people. No food stamps. No Medicaid. [...] I share the goals; I just don’t think you can get there from here. And I want to focus on progress we can m... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Chris HedgesAmerican journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer.votes Against and says:The oligarchs do not propose structural change. They do not want businesses and the marketplace regulated. They do not support labor unions. They will not pay a living wage to their bonded labor in the developing world or the American workers in thei... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Rick SalutinNovelist, playwright, journalist, and critic. University of Torontovotes Against and says:And what if the owning and renting classes simply view a BI as another source to be scarfed up through higher rents, charges, privatized highways etc., so it ends up merely expanding the gulf between the rich and the rest?(...) So the GBI just gets r... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ian GoughEconomist. London School of Economics.votes Against and says:The underlying belief or dream is that basic income will provide a mobilising theme to bring about radical change. There is no evidence anywhere in the world for this. Similar proposals have been made every few years for the last 50 years and they ha... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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The GuardianBritish national daily newspapervotes Against and says:A regular sum paid to all citizens or residents, whether or not they are in work, will not solve the problems of earnings inequality and stagnant wage growth. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Sonia SodhaChief leader writer and columnist at the Observervotes Against and says:Even as Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, heaps praise on a basic income, the tech giant does all in its legal power to avoid tax and dodge paying its fair share towards the social infrastructure it relies on. The left must not allow itself to be ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Evgeny MorozovWriter ans researcher on political and social implications of technology.votes Against and says:Basic income, therefore, is often seen as the Trojan horse that would allow tech companies to position themselves as progressive, even caring – the good cop to Wall Street’s bad cop – while eliminating the hurdles that stand in the way of further exp... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Louis-Philippe RochonEconomist; Editor of Review of Keynesian Economics. Laurentian University.votes Against and says:A guaranteed annual income is not an end in itself. It should not be viewed as a replacement for a full employment policy. If the purpose is to reduce inequality and poverty, there are other solutions: bringing real changes to the tax system, getting... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jonathan Rhys KesselmanEconomist. Public Finance Research.votes Against and says:A guaranteed income and other proposals for major expansion of general cash transfers fail all three tests of feasibility: incentives, finances and politics. Taking even modest initial steps toward a guaranteed income is likely to further starve crit... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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David H. FreedmanJournalist: health, science, business, policy & society. The Atlantic, Politico, SciAm.votes Against and says:Well, there’s the fact that a universal basic income could add as much as $2 trillion in annual expenses to the U.S. budget. Then there’s the question of whether such a program might disconnect large swaths of our population from the positive aspects... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tom KibasiProgressive think-tank IPPR director.votes Against and says:Embedded in the idea of universal basic income is the assumption that some jobs are worthwhile, and others not. Some may sneer at “McJobs”—but cleaners in McDonald’s stop infections, just as cleaners in NHS hospitals do.(...) Proponents of UBI ignore... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Elizabeth S. AndersonPhilosopher. University of Michigan.votes Against and says:Van Parijs would guarantee everyone the maximum unconditional basic income that could be sustained in a society (...) regardless of wether they were able or performing socially useful work. Lazy, able-bodied surfers would be just as entitled to that... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Daniel ZamoraSociologist. Université Libre de Bruxelles Institut de sociologievotes Against and says:The popularity of universal basic income is in reality a triumph of the neoliberal ideology, an ideology that refuses, in any social policy, to put inequalities at the center of our democracies. Basically, it is an illusory fight against poverty with... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Paul JorionAnthropologist. Sociologist. Université libre de Bruxellesvotes Against and says:Isn't there a better way to answer to answer to the concerns of the beneficiaries of Government benefits? Yes of course: by allocating the sums that we could gather for a UBI program to ensure free basic necessities (food, accommodation, transportati... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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FinUnionsLargest Trade Union of Finlandvotes Against and says:Finland’s basic income experiment is unworkable, uneconomical and ultimately useless. Plus, it will only encourage some people to work less. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Vincent CheynetJournalist. Degrowth activist. Editor-in-chief de La Décroissance magazine.votes Against and says:This puerile regression takes multiple forms : for example the desire of receiving without never contributing to the collective effort – the latter being typical of fetuses and infants. This proposition seems of course at first very nice for whoever... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Alberto BagnaiEconomist and harpichordist. Università degli Studi "Gabriele d'Annunzio".votes Against and says:They call it the basic income of all citizens (“reddito di cittadinanza”), but here in Italy we will call it the basic income of the land (“reddito della gleba”, in reference to feudal serfs, or “servi della gleba”, who were linked to the land). We w... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Anke HasselSociologist. Professor at the Hertie School of Governance. Director of Hans Böckler Foundation’s WSIvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Seth AckermanDoctoral candidate in History at Cornell. Editorial board of Jacobin magazine.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dany LangEconomist. Associate Professor at University of Paris 13. Researcher at CNRS.votes Against and says:I don't believe in the relevance of the universal basic income proposal. [...] Personally, it is a proposal that embodies the idea of the end of work, i.e. it will not be possible any more to ensure full employment for all. However, in a society wher... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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John Arthur Bell26 years a socialist. Always a satirist. Canada's Socialist Worker newspapervotes Against and says:The price tag for this model of GAI (Guaranteed Annual Income) would be complete elimination of our social services safety net, full privatization of education and health services, and elimination of government regulation of industry. And as a bonus,... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Marc de VosDoctorate in Law (UGent), Master in Social Law (ULB), Master of Laws (Harvard University).votes Against and says:La seule façon de financer l’allocation universelle, c’est d’éliminer la Sécurité sociale existante, ce qui impliquerait une régression sociale énorme, parce qu’on remplacerait un système d’allocations sociales qui est conditionnel, focalisé sur les... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ilkka Kaukorantachief economist of the Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK)votes Against and says:the model being tasted in Finland is impossibly expensive, since it would increase the government deficit by about 5 per cent Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Aldo GiannuliPolitical scientist and Historian.Università degli Studi di Milanovotes Against and says:Cari amici che sognate il rifiuto del lavoro, questa non è la stessa cosa che la liberazione dal lavoro ed è una cultura di destra e tutt’altro che antagonista al sistema. Voi aspirate a vivere con le briciole che cadono dal banchetto dell’ipercapita... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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MIchael HudsonEconomist. Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.votes Against and says:The problem’s not only income, but what people have to spend it on. Paine didn’t talk about universal income, he talked about everybody should have the right to a place to live, a means of their own self-support. That’s independent from income. Once ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Henning MeyerSocial scientist, consultant and analyst. He is Editor-in-Chief of Social Europevotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Grant CardonePrivate Equity Fund Mgrvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Leonid BershidskyJournalist, Bloomberg View Columnistvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Nick WarrenFounder & CEO of MetaSensorvotes Against and says:We can’t pay for it Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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People of the Swiss ConfederationFederal republic in Europe, with a mix of representative and direct democracy.votes Against and says:1.896.963 (76,9 %) electors rejected UBI, which was rejected in all the cantons as well Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ha-Joon ChangEconomist. University of Cambridgevotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Daniele ZitoComputer Scientist and Novelist. University of Catania.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dominique PlihonEconomist. Spokesman of Attac France. President of Attac France Scientific Council.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Collectif des Associations Citoyennes (CAC)Defense of non comercial association for general interest, solidarity,participation & sustainabilityvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Raoul KirchmayrPhilosopher. Università degli Studi di Trieste.votes Against and says:La natura progressiva e democratica del reddito di cittadinanza si rivela così un tragico equivoco. Costituendo una formidabile accoppiata con la tanto desiderata “meritocrazia”, questa ideologia della povertà instilla il falso convincimento che le d... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Bryan CaplanGMU econ professor, blogger, authorvotes Against and says:The Universal Basic Income is indeed worse than the status quo. In fact, all the fundamental criticisms of the welfare state apply with even greater force. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tony AtkinsonResearch Fellow at Oxford and Professor at the London School of Economicsvotes Against and says:I don’t in fact favour a basic income as such, what I favour is what I call a participation income Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Giovanna VertovaEconomist. Università degli Studi di Bergamo.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Kevin MilliganEconomist. University of British Columbia.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Anne EydouxEconomist. Cnam.Centre d'études de l'emploi et du travail.LISE. Parisvotes Against and says:The different approaches to UBI do not escape to criticism: either they don’t mention the gender issue or they more or less defend the idea of a maternal salary, with the risk of stating that the latter would be favorable to women emancipation. Hence... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Juan Torres LópezEconomist. Universidad de Sevilla. Scientific council of Attac Spain.votes Against and says:Yo defiendo que el Estado garantice que todos los ciudadanos sin excepción dispongan de ingresos suficientes para vivir con dignidad. Pero no creo que la mejor forma de lograrlo sea la renta básica porque desvincula derechos de obligaciones y supone ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Pavlina R. TchernevaEconomist. Chair of the Department of Economics at the Levy Economics Institute, Bard College, NYvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Henri SterdyniakEcomomist at Observatoire français des conjonctures économiquesvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Will DenayerFreelance researcher and writer. Political scientist, philosopher and goldsmithvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Coral Martínes EradesEconomist. Complutense University of Madrid.votes Against and says:La RBU es un proyecto de la derecha ideológica ultraliberal. La defendió hace más de cincuenta años Milton Friedman, el economista neoliberal cofundador de la sociedad Mont Pelerin. Está experimentando con ella la coalición de centro derecha que gobi... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Randall WrayProfessor of Economics at U. Missouri–Kansas City, Senior Scholar at Levy Economics Institutevotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jared BernsteinSenior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Prioritiesvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Riccardo EvangelistaEconomist. Università di Maceratavotes Against and says:Non si può che concludere, quindi, che la visione hayekiana è oggi dominante, paradossalmente anche a sinistra. Il monito polanyiano, nonostante il caso finlandese presenti analogie sorprendenti con le leggi di Speenhamland, è invece del tutto ignora... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Richard D. WolffMarxian economist. Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherstvotes Against and says:UBI creates a new difference between those people who work and earn a living and those people who, for wathever reason, don't work but still earn a living. This is going to create two classes of people (...) and for me the big issue is why do that?. ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jorge RiechmannPoet, mathematician, philosopher, ecologist and political scientist.votes Against and says:Todas las versiones de la RB, tanto las de derecha como las de izquierda: presuponen la perpetuación del capitalismo (de un capitalismo superproductivo, de hecho); llevan a una sociedad dual, en una fase en la que necesitamos reconstruir la cohesión ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Juanca MartínezEconomist. University of Malaga. Spain.votes Against and says:Un sistema de salud gratuito y universal es en la práctica una renta básica universal no monetaria. También son rentas básicas universales no monetarias la educación gratuita para todos, el gasto en la protección del medio ambiente, el gasto municipa... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Philip PilkingtonResearch analyst. Author of the book The Reformation in Economics.votes Against and says:Basic Income Guarantee is achievable today, and if it were implemented it would increase employment and alleviate much human suffering, but it would not target social problems in as focused a way as the Job Guarantee program would. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Mateo AlalufSociologist. Université libre de Bruxelles.votes Against and says:To replace a social security system primarily financed by contributions and based on wage solidarity with a rent paid by the Government and financed by tax income seems a war machine against the welfare state. In addition, an income provided uncondit... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Branko MilanovicEconomist. Development and inequality expert.votes Against and says:Economically, states already guarantee a basic salary under certain conditions, for example in cases of unemployment or extreme poverty. With universal basic income, this assistance would no longer be temporary or linked to a certain condition, and I... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Christiane MartyEngineer. Fondation Copernic. Scientific Council of Attac France.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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John ClarkeSocial Activist. Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. Canada.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Bill GatesPhilanthropist. Founder and former CEO of Microsoft.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Stuart WhitePolitical Scientist.University of Oxford.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Darrick HamiltonEconomist. Professor at New School, New Yorkvotes Against and says:The Federal Job Guarantee will directly target the unemployed — remedying a key predictor of poverty. By providing universal employment, it will also counteract employers’ systematic discrimination against ex-offenders, recent military veterans, and... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Michael RobertsMarxian economist.votes Against and says:The basic income demand is just too basic. As a reform for labour, it is not as good as the demand for a job for all who need it at a living wage; or reducing the working week while maintaining wages; or providing decent pensions. And under socialis... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Philip L. HarveyHuman rights economist and lawyer. Rutgers University.votes Against and says:It is hardly surprising in this environment that many progressives find the BI idea attractive. It promises important benefits that market economies rarely have been able to deliver. But if the right to work and income support proclaimed ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Michal RozworskiLefty econimistvotes Against and says:Getting a monthly cheque could mean not having to take the first crappy job that appears if you get fired or the economy tanks (...) Those crappy jobs might be easier to resist for a while but they might also get a bit crappier if employers know the ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Michel HussonEconomist. Institut de recherches économiques et socialesvotes Against and says:Les partisans du revenu universel sont ensuite confrontés à une contradiction fatale. Si le revenu est «suffisant» ou «décent», son financement implique de redéployer largement la protection sociale, parce qu’il n’y a pas de source autonome de créati... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jean-Marie HarribeyEconomist. Conseil scientific d'Attac France. Economistes Aterrés. Fondation Copernic.votes Against and says:Would the payment of a basic income to the whole population foster the same macroeconomic mechanism (i.e. a demand-led stimulation)? Yes if such payments anticipate additional production. But, by definition, the unconditional basic income is isolated... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Scott FergusonAssoc. Prof. of Humanities & Cultural Studiesvotes Against and says:Without an associated public Job Guarantee, the Universal Basic Income is merely welfare by another name: a laissez-faire solution to contemporary social and ecological crises. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Tyler CowenProfessor of Economics, George Mason University & author of Average is Overvotes Against and says:"Let’s send a check to everyone" is an appealing idea, but I've come around to the view that doing so would do more harm than good. [...] It eventually would choke off immigration to the U.S. Voters don't like sending money to immigrants. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Preston CooperForbes contributorvotes Against and says:Imagine a universal basic income, which everyone would receive. Once policymakers pick a benefit level and method of calculating the cost-of-living adjustment, they will be stuck with it for a long time. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Dmytri KleinerVenture Communist. Miscommunications Technologist. Telekommunisten Polemicist. ThoughtWorks Analyst.votes Against and says:UBI does not alleviate poverty and turns social necessities into products for profit. To truly address inequality we need adequate social provisioning. If we want to reduce means testing and dependency on capitalist employment, we can do so with capa... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Luzi StammMember of parliament for the right-wing Swiss People's Partyvotes Against and says:If you would offer every individual a Swiss amount of money, you would have billions of people who would try to move into Switzerland Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Anna CootePrincipal Fellow at the New Economics Foundationvotes Against and says:There are fairer ways to spread prosperity than universal basic income. Better alternatives include universal public services and a minimum income guarantee. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Ellis WinninghamEconomist. Blogger. Activist. Contributor at Real Progressives Cirizen Media.votes Against and says:Returning now to the UBI, we can understand with a little more thought about the concept, that it is not an automatic stabilizer. While it does increase aggregate demand, it is not a stabilizer, because it provides a guaranteed payment to everyone re... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Andres VillenaJournalist, Sociologist, Economist.votes Against and says:El sustrato ideológico neoclásico de los proponentes de la RBU se delata en su obsesión por demostrar la viabilidad de su financiación. Comparten con los neoclásicos una visión del estado constreñido financieramente. Partiendo de las premisas de que ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Bill MitchellProfessor of Economics and Musicianvotes Against and says:A basic income guarantee is a neo-liberal strategy for serfdom without the work ... In addition to a Job Guarantee we also demand a Services Guarantee. It is no good having a bare minimum income if the dentists and doctors and shops in your town are... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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María Pazos MoránMathematician. Feminist activist and researcher. Instituto de Estudios Fiscales.votes Against and says:It took a lot of effort to achieve some basic rights, and now neoliberalism is destroying everything: the education system, health care... By giving money to each citizen you are transferring responsibility from the State to the people, so that they ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Paula BachEconomist. Columnist in La Izquierda Diario and member fo Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas.votes Against and says:Todo hace pensar que la nueva tesis del “fin del trabajo” encarna un discurso intimidatorio que oculta a la vez intenciones probablemente más sombrías que las neoliberales. Los inmigrantes “amenazan” a los trabajadores desde las fronteras y los “robo... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Marco Veronese PassarellaEconomist. University of Leeds.votes Against and says:Nel tempo, il combinato disposto di reddito garantito e precarietà lavorativa cristallizza i rapporti di produzione dati, elimina ogni residuo di «potere operaio» nella produzione, e dunque rafforza la divisione in classi della società capitalistica.... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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David CaylaEconomist. Professor at Université d'Angers.votes Against and says:Une allocation universelle ne rendra pas moins nécessaires les métiers pénibles. Il faudra toujours des gens pour accomplir ces tâches essentielles. Selon moi, la meilleure solution pour inverser le rapport de force entre dominants et dominés n’est d... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Patrick DiamondLecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary University of Londonvotes Against and says:A more effective and convincing strategy for the centre left is to strengthen, reform and revitalise welfare states and social policies. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Simon GhiottoEconomistvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Riccardo BellofioreEconomist. Università degli Studi di Bergamo.votes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Leigh PhillipsJournalistvotes Against and says:The UBI short-cut to more leisure time, less poverty, and strengthened unions delivered up on a platter by a corporate-captured state that has demonstrated for 40 years it is committed to the opposite of all this is a fantasy. If we want more leisure... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Paul De GrauweEconomist. Professor in European Political Economy at the London School of Economicsvotes Against and says:A universal basic income that has the ambition to ban poverty from the world, is then immensely expensive. That doesn’t need to surprise you. To give the poor (a minority in society) a basic income, you have to also provide a basic income to the ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Vicenç NavarroSociologist and Political Scientist. Universitat Pompeu Fabravotes Against and says:Establecer un salario ciudadano cuando nuestro Estado del Bienestar está tan poco desarrollado es comenzar la casa por el tejado. Hay que garantizar que todo ciudadano y residente pueda tener los recursos necesarios para vivir una vida digna y ello i... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Paul ArièsPolitical scientist. Editor of Les Zindigné(es). Observatoire International de la gratuitévotes Against and says:To exit the true/false debate on the universal basic income, let’s defend the free public service! (…) To defend and increase the weight of free goods is to give everybody what they need to live, in an unconditional way but with a revenue largely dem... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Helen RazerRadio presenter and writervotes Against and says:The reason they adore UBI isn’t to do with their commitment to lift a growing underclass out of poverty; that’s just a bedtime story that helps the super-wealthy sleep. Instead, it’s more to permit spending on their goods by what remains of the Ameri... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Paul PalstermanJuriste au service d'études de la Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens de Belgique (CSC).votes Against and says:By applying to a fundamentally unequal situation a perfectly equal treatment does not create more equality: it reinforces instead existing inequalities. Far from being fair, it is on the opposite the negation of justice. Regarding social efficiency, ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Jeffrey SachsAmerican economistvotes Against and says:Improve the country’s health services and schools rather than providing cash transfers to households. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Vida PanitchPhilosopher. Carleton Universityvotes Against and says:Where a welfare state responds to needs through the in-kind provision of specific goods or social services, rather than with a cash benefit, it liberates the recipients of these benefits from market dependency (at least to some degree) and thus argua... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Alex KolokotronisPolitical Science PhD student Yale University. Worker Cooperatives and Participatory Budgetingvotes Against and says:UBI's aim of a society of "free labor" -- or no labor at all -- is appealing, but it is individualizing and lacks coordinating devices. With a self-managed socialist job guarantee, free labor would be an associated and socialized labor. At the same t... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Heiner FlassbeckEconomistvotes Against and says:(Pro UBI) argument is that, today, the technological evolution is destroying so many jobs that there is no longer any other choice than to decouple income from work. This argument is absurd for many reasons, but mainly because productivity nowadays i... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Alan BeattieInternational Economy Editor, The Financial Timesvotes Against and says: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 sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Guillaume AllègreEconomist . OFCE Sciences Po. Paris.votes Against and says:Le revenu universel est-il un moyen de gérer la fin du travail et/ou une réforme sociofiscale pragmatique visant à rationaliser la lutte contre la pauvreté ? Pour les uns, il devrait être suffisant pour vivre, pour les autres, relativement faible pou... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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The EconomistNews and analysis with a global perspective.votes Against and says:Make no mistake: modern welfare states leave plenty to be desired. Disability benefits are for many people an unsatisfactory version of a basic income, providing those who will no longer work with enough to get by. But rather than upend society with ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Claire ConnellyJournalist. Editor-in-chief of Renegade Inc.votes Against and says:A UBI is an ideological surrender to capitalism. It should be renamed ‘Not My Problem’: because it formalises the complete abdication of the government’s responsibility for employment. Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Neil WilsonComputer Science Consultant. Economics Blogger.votes Against and says:Basic Income attempts to pay people under what should probably be called the l’Oréal Principle (“because you’re worth it”). They want to be paid first and then perhaps do something later if they feel like it. That is a complete reversal of the princi... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Stéphanie TreilletEconomist. Université Paris - Est Créteil. Conseil Scientific d'Attac France-votes Against and says:La possibilité (pour les femmes uniquement) de retrait du marché du travail grâce au Revenu d'Existenve semble constituer, dans les versions considérées comme « progressistes », la réponse en miroir aux incitations à accepter n’importe quel travail, ... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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Karl BrenkeEconomist at the German Institute for Economics (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaft DIW) in Berlinvotes Against and says:The idea of freedom, which is connected with UBI, is essentially the opposite: namely the loss of freedom. It is no longer individual citizens who take care of themselves, but the state. The citizen thus becomes the subject of an increasingly powerfu... more Unverified sourceDelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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David de UgarteEconomist and co-founder of the co-op Sociedad de las Indias Electrónicasvotes Against and says:The basic income is attractive: it’s individually empowering, it crosses ideological borders, it’s a technocrat’s dream… but it would have terrible social and moral consequences: xenophobia, inequality, and a rise in the power of Big Businesses.DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.
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