“But who will clean toilets if everyone gets UBI?
Maybe… the people who want to do it, at a fair wage? Maybe... the task will get automated?
Maybe the real question is: why do we accept that some jobs should be so miserable and underpaid that people only do them out of desperation?
#UBI forces us to value labor instead of exploiting it and it gives us the freedom to choose the jobs we take. 
In case you wanted to look at the results of the #GiveDirectly #UniversalBasicIncome from 2023 study yourself:
"Early findings from the world’s largest #UBI study"
"Both a large lump sum and a long-term UBI proved highly effective. The lump sum enabled big investments and the guarantee of 12 years of UBI encouraged savings and risk-taking."
My #UBI read for the month:
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
by Andrew Yang
I've been wanting to read this book for a while and I'm looking forward to finishing it 
#UBI isn’t just good #policy - it’s #feminist
Unpaid labor holds #women back. Childcare, elder care, emotional labor - none of it is valued under #capitalism
UBI means recognizing all #contributions not just the ones that come with a #paycheck
Given it is #InternationalWomensDay - let's make UBI a reality and vote for it in any and all elections
For everyone out there who asks: "But who is going to pay for UBI?"
#UBIWorks in Canada has done the maths and it shows exactly who is going to pay: not you!
It will be large corporations, the wealthiest of the wealthy and financial institutions.
Go Canada! 
An great article in #TheConversation on Ontario’s basic income pilot:
"We found that increased income security improved participants’ mental health, reduced their stress and allowed them to improve diets with healthier food options. Some spoke of no longer having to rely on food charity as they could go the grocery store like everyone else."
Tha'ts what #UBI recipients want to do: live a dignified life like #everyone else.
https://theconversation.com/a-basic-income-can-be-a-strong-investment-in-mental-health-250018
#UBI is a #love letter to humanity. It’s about saying, “You #deserve to live with #dignity no matter what.”
Imagine the peace of mind that comes with knowing your basics are covered - irrespective of skin colour, gender, age, work history, education, financial status or religious views.
Let’s make that a reality for #everyone 
John Maynard #Keynes “#EconomicPossibilities for Our Grandchildren”, the truth is that, at least in a simple technological sense, the global North has largely “solved” its economic problem. Yet #technology is, always has been, and will continue to be neutral. Even if #humanity possesses #sufficient specialized #knowledge to #liberate itself, a gravely and #persistently #unequal #social #structure continues to hamper all the world’s countries
Ask for a #UBI
Yet another great article on the #successes of #UBI
"Multiple countries have tested a universal basic income – and it works"
What are we waiting for? Let's make UBI a reality
Put it in your diary:
#UBI4ME monthly community get together next Tuesday
Join us online 
https://meet.jit.si/UBI4ME_Community_Event_March_2025
Tuesday, 4th March 2025
16:00 UTC (https://mytime.io/4pm/UTC)
Get to know our team and our vision and share your ideas around #UBI
The greatest lie ever told: “If people aren’t forced to work, #society will collapse.”
#Newsflash unpaid labor already holds society together. Caregivers, parents, volunteers - people do meaningful work without pay all the time.
#UBI lets #people #choose #work that actually #matters instead of just what keeps the lights on.
The real “free riders” aren’t the #poor - they’re the #ultra-wealthy who hoard wealth while workers struggle.
If #billionaires can afford tax havens and #bailouts we can afford #UBI
Let’s stop asking how we’ll “pay for it” and start asking why we keep funding a system that benefits the few at the expense of the many.
Why do we?
Great article on #UBI from Big Issue, Manchester, UK:
"How #ChatGPT and #AI changed the #conversation on universal basic income"
"The idea of a basic income has gone from a pipe dream to being considered ‘inevitable’ and the advent of artificial intelligence has had a huge role to play, writes UBI Lab Manchester’s Alison Hawdale"
What do you think?
https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/chatgpt-ai-universal-basic-income/
Great news coming out of #Canada
"Universal basic income program could cut #poverty up to 40%: Budget watchdog"
"to implement the basic income, resulting in a net cost to the federal government of between $3.6 billion and $5 billion"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guaranteed-basic-income-poverty-rates-costs-1.7462902
Universal Basic Income isn’t just about individuals - it’s about #communities
When people aren’t struggling to survive, they have time to #volunteer #create and #uplift those around them. They can be full time #parents or #students They are able to follow their interests and talents.
If you work full-time and still can’t afford basic needs like food, heating, rent; that’s not your fault.
The game is rigged in favour of #billionaires and #UBI is about leveling the playing field. Because no one should work endlessly just to stay #poor
#Fairness means #stability for all.
UBI means power to say no.
No to exploitative jobs. No to abusive relationships. No to situations that hurt you, just because you can’t afford to leave.
It gives you the ability to walk away - to build something better. And that’s real freedom.
