Top Tweets for #universalbasicincomenow

Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later: *45% secured housing *Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters *People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation *Mental health improved and they could spend more time with their kids and grandkids Amazing what happens when you give people a chance

A woman in the film "It's Basic" explaining the difference between welfare and basic income thanks to her lived experience of both: "Before the program, I would try to keep myself to no more than 25 hours a week, so I could receive food stamps so we could be able to eat... this kind made me look at it in a way like they trustin' in me, they believin' in me, I didn't even know I had the strength to be able to do 40 plus hours." Does this help you understand why so many basic income pilots show increases in work? With UBI, you don't have to keep your income low to get it.