Kayla McGrady

Storyteller, DEI advocate, geek fangirl, mother of one, and child-at-heart. [email protected]

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

Parents slept on their children's feet to see their reaction 🫶

https://t.co/2m3DcER6fp

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

Universal Basic Income doesn't subsidize any one activity. It subsidizes ALL possible activities, which doesn't create an incentive for any one activity.

This is in contrast to a program like unemployment income, which subsidizes unemployment. Remaining unemployed is the condition to get and keep getting an unemployment check. UBI has no such condition.

With unemployment income, you can get $1k and if a job offers you $1k, you'll lose the $1k and end up with $1k. That's equivalent to a 100% marginal tax rate or working the job for no pay.

Where is the incentive to take a job if you don't increase your income because of working, unless it's work you really love?

With welfare benefits in general, you must have a low income and keep it low to keep getting it. That discourages recipients from increasing their income.

With UBI, you can get $1k and if a job offers you $1k, end up with $2k. That doubles your income. That is a good incentive to take a job to double your income.

Unlike welfare, UBI does not punish work. With UBI, everyone getting a paycheck has more total income than anyone with only UBI, because their paychecks are additional instead of either/or.

Do you understand the difference now between welfare and UBI and how UBI does not create an incentive to not work as welfare does?

Does it make sense now why pilot after pilot shows that employment INCREASES among those who receive UBI?

UBI makes work actually pay.

UBI also supports all unpaid work and boosts the incomes of those doing underpaid work.

So, will UBI make people lazy? Of course not. Now stop being so lazy and go learn about all the results of UBI experiments. Go through my 100-tweet pinned thread.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

The 25 white Republicans who wrote Alabama’s new anti-DEI bill may have inadvertently made college football (and all Division I NCAA sports) illegal

Roll Tide.

[Jon Munitz @JonMunitz]

“There have been many, many UBI pilot programs over the past few decades, and every time they’re conducted, they make the people who receive payments happier and healthier”

Article discusses Nixon’s FAP, Alaska’s Permanent Fund & various Basic Income Pilots from this decade #UBI

[Scarlett @ScarLyann]

Taylor Swift ruined football blah blah blah… Of course she did. She had a marvelous time ruining everything. We established this 4 years ago. Keep up.

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

An artist in Ireland's basic income pilot: "This pilot has changed my career. It came at a point where I was beginning to seriously question the sustainability of being an artist in Ireland. It has allowed me to think more ambitiously, to plan better, take more artistic risks."

[Matu Mureithi @MatuClouds]

While others may raise concerns about UBI's feasibility, let's not lose sight of the human cost of inaction.

Millions struggle to make ends meet, their talents and potential cut short by a system rigged against them.

UBI is a bridge to a future of dignity, security, and shared prosperity.

This is not just a policy; it's a moral imperative.

[Basic Income UK @basicincome_uk]

Thought for the day...

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

If basic income were a right, imagine what you'd do with your life? Write that novel you've always wanted to. Pursue that passion project on the back burner. The possibilities are endless. We need to start realizing that our worth extends far beyond our job titles.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

How to repair a hole in a jumper

[Why you should have a cat @ShouldHaveCat]

the photographer called him pretty

[Kayla McGrady @montera66]

I feel this in my bones

[Ronnie is seeking new representation 🌙✨ @VeronikaKiley]

Does anyone else consider a very productive day of THINKING about their book the same as working on it if you didn’t actually get any writing done, or am I just delusional? 💁🏻‍♀️

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Big doggo is still just a little puppy.. 😊

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

This is Amy Hadley & her kids, Kayla & Noah. In June 2022, police tossed dozens of tear gas bombs into their home, smashed windows, punched holes in the wall & more.

A cop's error led them to Amy's home. She hadn't committed a crime.

The gov't won't pay her back. A thread.

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Basic Income since 2013. Here's a list of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments, unconditional cash transfer studies, and cash dividend research.

The data speaks for itself.

Data: https://t.co/gTtB9g78KU #basicincome

[Kayla McGrady @montera66]

@lppny This ending still fills me with rage when I think about it.