#universalbasicinvestment — Public Fediverse posts

Do you live in the USA and want to know what #UBI could give you?

Why not try the UBI calculator and see which UBI plan works out best for you 🤓

https://basicincometoday.com/ubi-calculator/

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #taxtherich #equality #FinancialJustice #DignifiedLife #

Join us in less than an hour to talk about how to introduce a #BasicUniversalIncome 🥳

You can use this link: https://meet.jit.si/UBI4ME_Community_Event_August_2026

What will you do with your first UBI? What will you do with the 100th UBI “transfer”cheque”?

Tell us what you think.

#UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #Work #Policy #Retirement #History #Taxtherich #Equality

🥳 Our backlog has cleared and you can see the recording of our last few events on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/UBI4ME) and also on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@UBI4ME).

Or you can join us tomorrow 16:00 UTC at our next event in person:

7th July UBI event: We need a plan and we need it now! 👍

https://ubi4me.org/2026/06/7th-july-ubi-event-we-need-a-plan-and-we-need-it-now/

#UBI #UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UnconditionalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #PowerToThePeople #Taxtherich #TaxCorporations

I often hear that our economy is based on consumerism and that #UBI will make it a lot worse.

I disagree with that statement based on my own experience and everyone else who I see around me.

Yes, during my younger years, it was nice to get a new pair of jeans or shoes or something. Then, as I grew up, these things become less important. I still like nice things but I no longer feel the need to "own them all".

What do you think? 🤓

#UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #Consumerism

I saw the below article today and it makes me want to collate an up to date #UBI project list for everyone to check out regularly to see if they could join a project.

If you know of a project in your area, please, let me know and I'll include it. 👍

I'll aim to have the first draft ready on our website www.ubi4me.org by the end of September. 🤓

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/you-could-get-1000-every-month-in-2025-check-if-youre-eligible-for-ubi-and-if-your-city-still-pays/articleshow/123194598.cms

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #BetterFuture

The Basic Income Network Scotland published a great article titled "Minimum Income Guarantee. An essential step on the way to introducing a Basic Income or the opportunity for another delay?" on a recent "Minimum Income Guarantee: report - a roadmap to dignity for all"

https://cbin.scot/2025/08/30/minimum-income-guarantee-an-essential-step-on-the-way-to-introducing-a-basic-income-or-the-opportunity-for-another-delay/

https://www.gov.scot/publications/minimum-income-guarantee-roadmap-dignity/pages/2/

What's your take on a Minimum Income Guarantee? 🤓

#UBI #UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #Scotland

Reminder: 🥳
Tomorrow at this time, you are invited to join our UBI4ME community call to get together and bring ideas forward on how to bring about Universal BasicIncome (UBI)

Tuesday, 2 September, 16:00 UTC

https://meet.jit.si/UBI4ME_Community_Event_September_2025

See you there 👍

#UBI #UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #taxtherich #TaxWealth #TaxCorporation #BetterFuture

Less than 3 hours to our monthly #UBI4ME community event 🥳

Join us today at 16:00 UTC with link
https://meet.jit.si/UBI4ME_Community_Event_August_2025

Please check your timezone here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20250805T160000&p1=1440

#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #community

Who will feed your children when all the adults loose their jobs? The government? Where will the government get their money from once there aren't enough workers to be taxed?

I wonder how it will play out. I for one want to see a #UniversalBasicIncome so that we can all survive and re-adjust to the future of work or lack thereof.

What do you want to see in the future?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/ai-unemployment-universal-basic-income-elon-musk-b2791683.html

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #GuaranteedIncome #CostOfLiving #Unemployment #AI

I agree 100% with this little clip on the education system 👍

If school actually thought what people needed to succeed, our society would be in a much better place right now.

That is why #UniversalBasicIncome is so important for you:
It gives you the time and space to choose for yourself. You will have the time to learn the skills that are necessary to be a success.

https://imgur.com/gallery/agree-yes-no-vg6KZar

#UBI4ME #UBI #LearnToThink #policy #UniversalBasicInvestment #Education

At times, I feel like hiding from what's going on in the world right now.

Then, I come across good news like this from Canada:

"The Canada #UniversalBasicIncome Pilot 2026 aims to explore the real-world impact of a #GuaranteedIncome on financial security, employment patterns, and overall quality of life."

Is the pilot perfect? Maybe not.
But it's a step in the right direction. 🙂

https://comfortkitchentogo.com/canadas-1800-universal-basic-income-pilot-2026-who-qualifies-and-what-youll-get/

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment
#Future #CostOfLiving #policy #taxtherich

Your friendly reminder:
Our monthly #UBI4ME community event will take place TODAY at 16:00 UTC - that is only 5 hours from now. 🥳

Join us and become a #UBI supporter yourself.

https://ubi4me.org/events/

#UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #taxtherich #wealthtax #policy #CostOfLiving

Go Newark, NJ! ❤️

[Mayor] "Baraka’s report shows programs aren’t about job security but about giving people room to improve. Recipient Jennymarie Idrobo [...] says the funds helped her replace her boiler and pay down some student debt."

The rich already have a #GuaranteedIncome from inherited #wealth. They don't worry about their boiler or student debt.

So why not expand #UBI to all of us?

https://www.blackenterprise.com/newark-praises-mayor-ras-barakas-guaranteed-income-program/

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #Society #TaxTheRich

Currently, many countries don't have enough money because corporations don't pay (enough) taxes. This article shows how this one fact directly leads to politicians voting against #UniversalBasicIncome - because it doesn't benefit them!

Let's change this and #TaxCorporations and #TaxTheRich so that we all can thrive.

https://theindependent.sg/jb-businesses-will-be-happy-singaporeans-debate-pros-and-cons-of-universal-basic-income/

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #CostOfLiving #Unemployment #TechnologicalUnemployment #AI #Robotics #politics #policy

It's #Monday again and the perfect day to imagine never having to stay in a toxic job just for the paycheck. Imagine being able to walk away from a terrible boss or minimum wage.

That’s what #UBI offers—real freedom.

The freedom to work on your terms, not out of fear. The freedom to live, not just survive. You deserve that. ❤️

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #CostOfLiving #Freedom #policy #InThisTogether

#AI is swiftly replacing entry level jobs, warehouse and factory workers. Soon, there won't be many #jobs left for #humans to do.

How will you feed yourself? How will you house yourself? How will you live?

Keep calling your representatives, keep voting for #UBI #policy and keep spreading the word because the last word is not spoken yet.

You have the #power to bring about #change 🤓

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-ai-czar-david-sacks-universal-basic-income-ai-jobs-2025-6

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment

In the race of becoming the first country actually implementing #UniversalBasicIncome there's a new front runner 🥳

South Korea has just elected Lee Jae-myung as president. He ran on a platform of #UBI in 2022 and narrowly missed out on the top job.

"Lee implemented various basic income programs for residents during his time as mayor and governor."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Jae-myung

#UBI4ME #Time4UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #politics #SouthKorea #Future

What an interesting article by StreetSenseMedia: @streetsensedc

"The plan is to enforce government acquisition or taxation of TikTok’s U.S. operations. Then, levy a high-tier “social impact tax” on TikTok’s ad revenue, amounting to 50%–75%, and redirect proceeds into a Universal Income Fund (UIF)."

What do you think? 🤓

https://streetsensemedia.org/article/tiktok-universal-income-basic-income-plan/

#UBI #UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #UniversalIncomeFund #Social #Tax #policy

"Susan Campbell (opinion): Is Connecticut ready for Universal Basic Income?"

"Connecticut needs this. The current presidential administration wants to make deep cuts to Medicaid, cut SNAP as it’s never been cut before, and grant rich people unneeded tax cuts. While the world burns around us, maybe we can provide for residents a modicum of stability. This is the time, and Connecticut is the place."

https://www.ctinsider.com/opinion/article/universal-basic-income-ct-20334831.php

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #TaxTheRich

Growing up, I was a Star Trek fan, in part because life was so very different to what I saw around me every day. There was ample technology and adventures and yet, no scarcity, no cost of living crisis, no healthcare or educational issues... It appeared bliss. ❤️

“We’re in the 24th Century, there is no economy. People are more focused on improving their lives”. — Captain Picard

https://medium.com/illumination/does-universal-basic-income-ubi-bring-us-closer-to-the-star-trek-universe-d5c1dde9f205

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #StarTrek #equality #politics #bliss

Another win-win and progressive way of making sure that nobody is left behind:

"Albuquerque [New Mexico, USA] is now funding a #BasicIncome project with its tax on recreational cannabis."

"Through these and many other measures, along with the basic income assistance, our community will reap long-term public health #benefits reductions in addiction rates, and taxpayer savings".

https://www.businessinsider.com/albuquerque-new-mexico-basic-income-marijuana-tax-2025-5

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #Marijuana #Tax #Albuquerque

More and more entrepreneurs are realising that without labour there is no money and no customers...

"Universal basic income is the notion that a government should guarantee every citizen a yearly sum of money, no strings attached. The thinking is that such a program would relieve economic stress as automation technology severely reduces the demand for labor."

https://mashable.com/article/ebay-founder-universal-basic-income

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #TaxTheRich #freedom #equality #Social #Politics

Wealth isn’t created alone. Every billionaire benefits from workers, roads, schools, and society itself.

#UBI simply ensures that the value we all help create is shared fairly. Because fairness isn’t trickle-down—it’s lifting everyone up. ❤️

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #SocialJustice #policy #TaxTheRich

Great news on #UniversalBasicIncome from Connecticut, USA:

"Rep. Susan Johnson, offered her strong support of the bill as a way to improve the lives of women and children in the state, saying their condition has deteriorated in Connecticut and many have been forced into homelessness because of poor policy."

"The bill passed the House on a 110-37 vote" 🥳

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/05/15/house-oks-regulation-of-social-media-targeting-study-of-universal-basic-income/

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #Equality #Politics #Homelessness #progressive

What if financial stability wasn’t a privilege, but a right?

Right now, some people have wealth just for being born into the right circumstances. #UniversalBasicIncome says everyone deserves security, not just the lucky few. And that’s #fairness

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/wealth-inequality-oxfam-billionaires-elon-musk/

#UBI #UBI4ME #TaxTheRich #Equality #policy #WealthTax #UniversalBasicInvestment #Change

Mayors for a #GuaranteedIncome is a fantastic organisation working towards a better future for #everyone ❤️

Is your mayor part of the network?

If not, why not?

https://www.mayorsforagi.org/

#UBI4ME #UBI #UniversalBasicInvestment #LocalPolitics #CostOfLiving

Psychology Today has a fantastic article on the AI revolution replacing human labour with machines. It also offers a few tips on how to deal with the upcoming change.

"#UBI doesn’t just reduce #poverty—it rebuilds #inclusion
It gives people space to breathe, care for others, learn, and rethink what they want from life—not just what they have to do to survive (Wijngaarde et al., 2021)."

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/trauma-growth-and-the-search-for-meaning/202505/ai-is-replacing-our-jobs-but-what-if-its-also

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #LearnForJoy #AI #Future

Ann Arbor's 2 year #UBI project does help those who receive the #GuaranteedIncome including those who want to start their own business like Marie Codrington who wants to start her own food truck ❤️

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/guaranteed-income-helping-ann-arbor-cook-chase-dream-of-starting-food-truck.html

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #Entrepreneur #SocialJustice #CostOfLiving

Ann Arbor runs a 2 year #UniversalBasicIncome project but not everyone receives the #UBI

"...most apartments in the city cost over $1,000 per month.

She receives $947 per month in Social Security, but that’s not enough to afford a place, she said, saying she has tried working different jobs to earn more, but each dollar earned was a dollar taken out of her Social Security benefits."

How can this situation be allowed to continue?

https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/05/young-mother-in-guaranteed-income-program-im-struggling-living-in-ann-arbor.html

#UBI4ME #UniversalBasicInvestment

"It's more than a check, it's the #freedom #everyone deserves."

https://economicsecurityproject.org/work/guaranteed-income/

#UBI #UBI4ME #UniversalBasicIncome #UniversalBasicInvestment #EconomicSecurity #policy #cash