@IlhanMN • unconditional
• universal
• it needs to be enough to lift the poorest among us out of poverty
• stack w/ existing social safety net programs
• set to increase as cost of living increases
• universal and unconditional are *KEY*
Can't state that enough
@IlhanMN@actdottv we give away so much to the wealthy and to the corporations. seems like we need to rebalance by thinking about the needs of regular people
Thank you to everyone who supported me and Evelyn in the campaign to help New York! Love to you all. It was truly a people-powered campaign that broke records along the way. Thanks for making history alongside us. There’s a long road ahead and I am looking forward. 👍🙏🚀
So good to be back in Brownsville meeting voters and talking to @buildtheblockny about a different approach to ending gun violence. Our city hasn’t been working for its people or listening to its communities. It’s time for a new era of new leadership.
All these people tweeting about #MemorialDay who support the Republican project of permanent minority rule and who oppose the passage of the #ForThePeopleAct, don't deserve the freedoms made possible by those who fought and died for the protection of our democratic republic.
"How come 70% of the Canadians living beneath the poverty line in Canada have jobs?
How come some of them have more than one job? Because the one job they do have doesn't pay them enough to get by."
Former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal on the need for #BasicIncome in 🇨🇦
@BillBramhall Working in media, you have the opportunity make a positive difference and change perceptions for the better, but instead you choose to continue perpetuating the notion that Asian Americans (despite being born, raised and living in the US) will never be seen as real Americans.
@AndrewYang should not have to endure this. No New Yorker who is Asian or Pacific Islander should. This is an offensive cartoon and we all have an obligation to call it out. #StopAsianHate
If you think people getting $300 in unemployment is freeloading, wait 'til you hear that Amazon, Walmart and McDonald's get billions in government assistance through Medicaid and food stamps to subsidize their employees' low pay.
Their combined profit: $40 billion a year.
An ice cream parlor doubled min wage to $15:
*They got 1,000+ resumes
*Prices didn’t go up
*Turnover costs fell
*Business boomed
*Profit didn’t fall
My small business pays a living wage + benefits and gets 300 applicants per job. This isn't rocket science
https://t.co/Uu5xxSGwKG
@POTUS@LaDemos You should probably commit to unconditional basic income then. You can see for yourself the mental health impacts of UBI by adding recurring monthly stimulus checks to your spending plans. People need to feel economic security. They need to feel trusted.
https://t.co/s2IqcMDAEr
Canada gave 50 homeless people $7,500
They:
*Got stable housing within 3 months
*Cut drug and alcohol use by 39%
*Food insecurity fell 37%
*Saved the shelter system $8,100 per person
Amazing what happens when you treat poor people like people and not dirt
https://t.co/27X94Pti0p
[CEOs raise their pay 1,167% percent while raising worker pay 14% over 40 years]
"that's just the free market"
[CEOs can't find workers because their poverty wages can't beat unemployment]
"that's market manipulation!"
If government keeps forcing us to work for it filing our taxes, showing up to jury duty, and governing via election, then it should pay us.
$2000/month to all Americans, we can afford this, we need this and we can replace cruel means-tested cash based welfare programs with this.
We will restore optimism and opportunity in NYC with policies that benefit all New Yorkers and support those who need it most - prioritizing anti-poverty initiatives, job creation, and public safety. Hope is on the way. https://t.co/msWZ18XhE2
Multi-tasking is something computers do. It's not possible for humans.
If bosses are asking you to multi-task, what they're really saying is "we want you to do two jobs but we're only paying for one employee."
It was a privilege getting to know @AndrewYang here in Georgia as he fought alongside us for the Senate majority. Andrew is fighting for my father’s vision of a minimum income and I am excited for him to combat poverty in New York City.