@faithisleaping @artemis

American Catholics too...well, at least this one...

Well, Maronite in my heart..

But it's probably at least partly why I'm pro #ubi #UniversalHealthCare #FreeEducation #FullArtisticEmployment #UniversalHousing and and and...

As a reaction to the absurd (and DEADLY) work ethic

"Inventing the Future" by Nick #Srnicek (2015) is a political and philosophical journey leading to 3 mutually-reinforcing demands:
1. Full automation
2. Universal basic income
3. Reduced work-time

Automation is great when its rewards are shared: the Luddites protested not the machines, but the concentration of capital.

It seems there's not been a better occasion to demand full automation - many are doing that already.

Now is the time to agitate for #UBI and reduced work-time (again.)

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent

"The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m through increases in arts-related expenditure, productivity gains and reduced reliance on other welfare payments"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/ireland-basic-income-for-the-arts-scheme-becomes-permanent

#UBI

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent

"The scheme recouped more than its net cost of €72m through increases in arts-related expenditure, productivity gains and reduced reliance on other welfare payments"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/ireland-basic-income-for-the-arts-scheme-becomes-permanent

#UBI

"For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively.

"That position no longer survives contact with reality.

"The most dangerous response is to pretend this is a liberal argument, detached from objective reality. It is not. The social consequences of mass displacement... spread. They destabilize everything conservatives claim to want to conserve."

The US is headed for mass unemployment, and no one is prepared
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5713876-ai-displacement-and-ubi/

#UBI #AI #Money #Jobs #Food #gop #IAmDB

"For years, I opposed Universal Basic Income, firmly and reflexively.

"That position no longer survives contact with reality.

"The most dangerous response is to pretend this is a liberal argument, detached from objective reality. It is not. The social consequences of mass displacement... spread. They destabilize everything conservatives claim to want to conserve."

The US is headed for mass unemployment, and no one is prepared
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5713876-ai-displacement-and-ubi/

#UBI #AI #Money #Jobs #Food #gop #IAmDB

I try not to read below-the-line comments but I did today on a news piece about #universalBasicIncome being considered by #Ukgovernment in light of #AI

I see the tin-foil hat crew have now decided to object to #UBI on the basis that it might be tied to digital ID & will be paid using bank transfer so not in cash.

I appreciate people worry about the overmighty state but these are silly objections to one of the few constructive responses to the labour challenge of new automation

In this month's newsletter: new study shows how universal basic income has been getting cheaper to implement since the 1960's—down from 9.35% of GDP to 2.67%—for a poverty obliterating UBI of $16k per adult and $8k per kid with a 50% marginal tax rate.

I also included some more recent pilot news.

https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/itsa-newsletter-january-2026 #UBI

In this month's newsletter: new study shows how universal basic income has been getting cheaper to implement since the 1960's—down from 9.35% of GDP to 2.67%—for a poverty obliterating UBI of $16k per adult and $8k per kid with a 50% marginal tax rate.

I also included some more recent pilot news.

https://itsanewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/itsa-newsletter-january-2026 #UBI

New book (coming May 2026) _ Individuals First: The Citizen Dividends Plan to Achieve the Future We Want By Steven Shafarman
#UniversalBasicIncome #WealthEquality #UBI #SolidarityEconomics #SolidarityEconomy #money #guaranteedIncome #BasicIncome #Wealth #NonviolentAction #Revolution #PostCapitalism

@TheBreadmonkey we need #ubi

@TheBreadmonkey we need #ubi

today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

remember: for him, the second stage of the civil rights movement was eradicating poverty for all Americans.

that bad check from his I HAVE A DREAM speech?

that wasn’t a metaphor. there is no capitalism without inequality. racism is inequality. poverty is inequality.

for MLK, the 2nd stage of the CRM was about getting a Universal Basic Income #UBI for all.

guess who was running for POTUS in 1968 & thought it was a good idea?

Bobby Kennedy.

"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."

To provide a bit more context here, since 1986, UBI academics + advocates from all over the world go to the annual BIEN Congress that's hosted in a different country each year. Last year, it was in Brazil, and the year before that S. Korea. This year was to be the FIRST EVER US-hosted BIEN Congress.

https://basicincome.org/news/2026/01/location-update-for-the-2026-bien-congress/ #UBI

today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

remember: for him, the second stage of the civil rights movement was eradicating poverty for all Americans.

that bad check from his I HAVE A DREAM speech?

that wasn’t a metaphor. there is no capitalism without inequality. racism is inequality. poverty is inequality.

for MLK, the 2nd stage of the CRM was about getting a Universal Basic Income #UBI for all.

guess who was running for POTUS in 1968 & thought it was a good idea?

Bobby Kennedy.

Just published my top 10 list of articles I read about universal basic income last year. #UBI

https://open.substack.com/pub/scottsantens/p/top-10-universal-basic-income-ubi-articles-2025?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=avhi