The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Basic Income is getting more and more serious consideration. Can’t have a society where work is the passport to life and then there is no work to be found… Why a bunch of Silicon Valley investors are suddenly interested in universal basic income Basic income is having a moment. First Finland announced it would launch …
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An idea whose time has come … and it will. Why ‘unconditional basic income for all’ fails the ‘splutter test’ but would liberate the world EXTRACT Under the scheme we will still work, for people are productive and want more than a basic living. But we are less likely to remain in exploitative or soul-destroying …
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One City Tried Something Radical to Stop Gun Violence. This Report Suggests It’s Working. From 45 homicides to 11 in seven years. Tim Murphy, Mother Jones EXTRACT Four times a year, the program’s street team sifts through police records and its own intelligence to determine, with actuarial detachment, the 50 people in Richmond most likely …
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There’s a world wide movement starting, to cover everyone’s basic expenses. Imagine what this will do to free us up to actually participate in the political process, and to learn and teach … or to do that big project we always had to delay because we just couldn’t find the time for it… Small Yet …
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This is a very thoughtful essay on a very important idea: Basic Income. I recommend you take the time to read it. Basic income: the world’s simplest plan to end poverty, explained
Most recent Progressive Change Campaign Committee pool results get discussed by basic income advocates and critics The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has released the results of its latest poll on voters’ response to a set of progressive proposals. It is fully available online, and amongst 52 proposals, the minimum guaranteed income (basic income, or BI) …
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The idea of basic income just breached an unprecedented political milestone FINLAND: 65% of Parliamentary Candidates Favor Basic Income Without surprise, the Greens candidates are the most favorable to the policy (99%), followed by the Left Alliance candidates (95%) and the Center (83%). Significant support is also found among the nationalist party ‘True Finns’ (57%) …
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