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ubibackers.com

Everyone above the poverty line and beyond, via universal basic income if necessary. People do not need to fend for themselves in a modern society.

https://medium.com/@moskov/everyone-above-the-poverty-line-and-beyond-via-universal-basic-income-if-necessary-9ea234fc0b70

Mark my words: A Universal Basic Income is coming, as artificial intelligence and robots eat away good jobs.

https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/videos/1578504532162137/

"To benefit from the automation revolution we need a universal basic income, the slashing of working hours and a redefinition of ourselves without work"

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/17/automation-may-mean-a-post-work-society-but-we-shouldnt-be-afraid

"So basic income is a great idea. I like the idea that it says we believe that all people are potentially creative and that they should be given the chance to express that."

"An unconditional basicincome, that is an income not tied to the job market, seems to be the logical way forward."

Recommended basic income to support those left behind by technological advances.

https://futurism.com/citis-chief-economist-recommends-a-universal-basic-income/

"The number one thing that would let more independent artists exists in America is a universal basic income."

http://boingboing.net/2014/11/04/molly-crabapples-rules-for-c.html

There is a strong link between having a basic income and creating a strong local economy. There is more money to circulate and it supports the ‘buy local’ movement.

http://www.basicincomecanada.org/tags/lisa_helps

http://leadersandlegacies.com/2015/09/21/theres-a-good-case-to-be-made-for-a-basic-annual-income-halifax-mayor/

In other words, having a basic income didn’t lead to sloth or indolence. It let people spend time on the things that mattered: family, education, health, personal fulfilment. If the robots do take our jobs one day — but give us back some of those things in return — it might not be such a bad trade after all.

https://medium.com/ryan-holmes/so-what-happens-when-robots-make-jobs-themselves-obsolete-974b9836f97d

Unconditional basic income is based on the idea that every citizen has a right to the basic material necessities of life, including health care and education, and every citizen also has a duty to share in the responsibilities of the community, city, nation and planet, and to contribute in some form to the overall well-being.

http://boggscenter.org/visionary-organizing-and-the-mlk-memorial-by-grace-lee-boggs/

"Even an extremely modest universal basic income could pay huge dividends."

I’m fairly confident that at some point in the future, as technology continues to eliminate traditional jobs and massive new wealth gets created, we’re going to see some version of this [basic income] at a national scale.

https://blog.ycombinator.com/basic-income/

http://www.cabot.net/issues/cwa/archives/2015/11/guaranteed-basic-income

"Basic income is the long-term answer to the increasing precariousness of ordinary people in a global economy that can shift their jobs to the other side of the world in a heartbeat."

We'll have to develop – and develop ourselves towards – a society where it'll be possible to guarantee the income level and well-being of people without ravaging the labour markets. And the solution will be a basic income scheme – be it this one or another one.

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/14227-finland-needs-basic-income-and-low-paid-jobs-says-wahlroos.html

“We have to shield our society. An unconditional simple income can be a basis to lead a decent existence.”

http://news.newsdirectory1.com/telekom-boss-for-unconditional-fundamental-revenue/

"I support a minimum basic income, which was actually proposed by none other than President Richard Nixon and conservative economist Milton Friedman."

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/419p5t/hi_reddit_my_name_is_tim_canova_and_im_running_to/cz0nxeo

The pie is growing bigger, there is no guarantee that everyone will benefit if we leave the market alone. In fact, if anything, we think that not everyone will benefit if we leave the market alone. So we need to develop a new system of redistributions, new policies that will redistribute inevitably from those that the market would have rewarded in favour of those that the market would have left behind. Now, having a universal minimum income is one of those ways, in fact, it is one I am very much in favour of, as long as we know how to apply it without taking away incentive to work at the lower end of the market.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmumRUGXQhQ

https://www.reddit.com/r/BasicIncome/comments/3rruew/during_the_nobel_prize_series_event_in_singapore/

"That simple question - “Which scenario is better for the society as a whole?” - lies at the heart of the concept of a Basic Income."

http://marshallbrain.com/basic-income.htm

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/prostartup

First elected body in Canada to endorse the concept of a guaranteed income by a unanimous 13-0 vote.

http://www.thewhig.com/2015/12/18/kingston-council-first-to-endorse-guaranteed-income

“We have a small technological aristocracy and a middle class struggling to catch up with the demands of a more efficient economy. Basic income can bring a baseline and offer freedom to those trapped by our new economy.”

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a3c3258a-d0b3-11e5-92a1-c5e23ef99c77.html#axzz40HUPtqWf

Wouldn't income for stay-at-home parents (and others who do the basic work that supports our society, but don't get paid) be great for our country? The Green Party supports Universal Basic Income.

https://www.facebook.com/drjillstein/posts/1454679097905609

"Still, I think the assurance of basic income could be a comfort to those who have anxiety about systemic transition; so that people need not fear losing their job in the oil and gas sector, because everyone will be allowed a basic living.""

http://www.gp.org/state_profile_tx

Canadian Association of Social Workers

Welfare-rights leader, honorary boardmember of Democratic Socialists of America and ACLU

"If we want to strive for better policies in a transformed society, at least three principles must be observed. First, we should try to provide at least a subsistence-level income for everyone."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-moral-imperative-thats-driving-the-robot-revolution_us_56c22168e4b0c3c550521f64

http://zoekeating.tumblr.com/post/139499539509/the-economics-of-caregiving

http://www.euractiv.com/section/social-europe-jobs/opinion/a-europe-of-progress-close-to-its-people/

"Giving everyone $15,000 would put everyone on the same level. They could do with it whatever they wanted, but having the financial security of some basic money to live on, would give them people the opportunity to work on what they want. Work is everything,"

http://www.basicincome.org/news/2016/02/germany-two-top-managers-speak-favourably-basic-income/

http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/blog/swou-statement-on-poverty-sex-work-and-the-swedish-model-poverty-is-objectifying-demeaning-and-coercive1

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/03/retirement-retiring-age-77-strive-work-less-progress-challenge-bleak-prospect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXOf_7PiCas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m_k14dEcAI

https://niskanencenter.org/blog/do-libertarians-want-freedom-or-not/

http://laurieruettimann.com/best-hr-technology-universal-basic-income/

http://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-talks-hit-new-zealand-2016-3

The rapid replacement of jobs by machines/artifical intelligence will lead to the need for a Universal Basic Income.

https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas/status/710372749450027008

"As the economy continues to develop in the way it is with bounty and more spread. more billionaires, and more struggling members of the working class. I do think that there will be more and more momentum for safety-net programs like basic income. "

https://youtu.be/5xI6yevDeNs?t=52m13s

"Establish a Universal Basic Income Commission to evaluate the possible future of a basic income in Vermont."

http://www.basicincome.org/news/2016/02/united-states-vermont-general-assembly-considers-basic-income-commission/

Today we are facing a serious danger of large masses of people who have low economic value. This is a powder keg in the foundations of society.
Making sure that the great wealth-creation which capital is capable of does not light this dynamite—the basic income approach—is absolutely
essential.

http://www.economist.com/ESDvaroufakis

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/amol-rajan-guaranteed-income-is-the-kind-of-radical-idea-we-urgently-need-a3200296.html

https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/720744024559206400

My own focus is on a UBI as a pragmatic improvement current policies, which impose high work disincentives on the poor yet leave poverty rates high, and at the same time, lavish billions of “middle class welfare” on the non-poor.

http://dolanecon.blogspot.com/2014/09/ask-me-anything-about-universal-basic.html

https://twitter.com/jgilliam/status/724417239517032449?s=09

https://twitter.com/Oceaanfietser/status/724282190155112448

https://twitter.com/howardlindzon/status/724816031324209152

http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blogs/george-magnus/does-future-growth-depend-on-the-universal-basic-income

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ZsVVunUeM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-NIJ35w9qw&t=14m4s

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TOnQO3E1fNCO5lkHXgr19N/Subsidies-must-give-way-to-a-universal-basic-income-Pranab.html

Four years of college for everyone might better prepare them to be a contestant on Jeopardy, but I doubt it’ll create more growth; for the Universities perhaps, but not many good jobs for the students. Instead we should spend money where it’s needed most – our collapsing infrastructure for instance, health care for an aging generation and perhaps on a revolutionary new idea called UBI – Universal Basic Income. If more and more workers are going to be displaced by robots, then they will need money to live on, will they not? And if that strikes you as a form of socialism, I would suggest we get used to it. Even Donald Trump claims he won’t leave anyone out on the street – a liberal Republican thought if there ever was one. And they are on the street you know. Check out any major downtown in the U.S. if you want to see our future culture. Not the stadiums with the box seats; the streets with the tents and grocery carts.

https://www.janus.com/bill-gross-investment-outlook

"A Citizens Basic Income (CBI) would ensure that the financial gains from paid work were always positive and would provide a more secure base for individuals to opt in and out of the labour market, thus promoting greater flexibility with respect to individual life choices."

https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/events/programmes/2012-13/speaker_notes/Ailsa%20McKay.pdf

https://demandthefuture.com/2016/04/11/dpac-support-the-no-jobs-bloc/