Alaska universal basic income doesn't increase unemployment (businessinsider.com)

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We are one human family. The TPTB desperately try to keep us divided, so they can remain in power: The “allegory of the spoons” teaches us that when we struggle to feed only ourselves, everyone goes hungry. But when we focus on our neighbor’s hunger, we discover there are ways to feed everyone. (youtube.com)

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Alaska Permanent Fund (youtube.com)

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Farmers across the United States will soon begin receiving government checks as part of a billion-dollar bailout to buoy growers experiencing financial strain from President Donald Trump's trade disputes with China. (abcnews.go.com)

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"Governments have to consider stronger social safety nets, including eventually Universal Basic Income."—Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres at the opening of the 73rd UN General Assembly this morning (twitter.com)

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Four Unusual Online Money-Making Hacks (toughnickel.com)

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The US government is sending free money in the equivalent of $23,000 to each Jewish family in Israel. Every year. For ten years... (twitter.com)

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Ontario Basic Income Experiment Payments Extended to March 31, 2019 (out.reddit.com)

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Forget profit. It’s love and fun that drive innovation. (theguardian.com)

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Almost half of Americans can't pay for their basic needs - CBS News (cbsnews.com)

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White Americans support welfare programs — but only for themselves, says new research: New study shows they love government support programs — that is, only if they’re the beneficiaries (salon.com)

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James Corbett & Melody Cedarstrom discuss Universal Basic Income and the potential fears they have about such a system being implemented in a society such as China or even the U.S.A. (youtu.be)

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For the few people reading this who've never heard of UBI, it refers to a program in which every* citizen receives a periodic payment from the government with no strings attached* (*more on these asterisks in a moment). (steemit.com)

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Why do some in the tech community support universal basic income? They’re ‘terrified’ about the future. (recode.net)

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Elon Musk: Free cash handouts from the government ‘will be necessary’ if robots take humans' jobs | Billionaire tech titan Elon Musk has been tweeting quite a lot of late — about everything from his philosophical mentors (Douglas Adams and Isaac Asimov) to his political leanings (he's a socialist). (cnbc.com)

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Bill Cimbrelo: The 1% have us so well trained, we're not even DEMANDING a THRIVING wage. We're so broken and brainwashed, we're willing to settle for a mere 'living wage'. WTF is wrong with us? I mean SERIOUSLY!? We outnumber these ppl by the millions & we're ok just subsisting? #FlushCongress (twitter.com)

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A new examination of the Alaska Permanent Fund's, a $61-billion communal resource backed by oil, which has been running for more than 35 years, economic impact shows that the universal payments didn't incite people to quit their jobs and actually increased part-time work. (futurism.com)

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Elon Musk: Robots will take your jobs, government will have to pay your wage (cnbc.com)

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One-third of American households can’t afford food, shelter or medical care — Meanwhile, people in the top 1% control a growing share of the nation’s wealth. (marketwatch.com)

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The Oligarchs’ ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’ Scam (truthdig.com)

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Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Says - The U.S. has wasted over $14 trillion on warfare over the past three decades — money that, could’ve been invested in domestic infrastructure and programs for the American people. (cnbc.com)

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Bernie: "Here's my $70 billion plan for free college" — Congress: "There's no money for that... OK now let's add $80 billion to the Pentagon budget" (twitter.com)

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Why is it easier to blame 150,000,000 Americans being 'lazy' rather than 400 Americans being greedy. (i.redd.it)

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The UK's largest union with 1.42 million members, Unite, has just voted to join the movement for basic income by actively campaigning for it. (twitter.com)

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