r/BasicIncome

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The Basic Income Community on Reddit

r/BasicIncome

A basic income guarantee is a system that regularly provides each citizen with a sum of money. Except for citizenship, a basic income is entirely unconditional. A basic income guarantee would radically simplify the welfare state, and truly ensure that no one has to live in poverty. Its necessity will become increasingly obvious as more human labor is replaced by machines.

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What is Basic Income?

"A Basic Income is an income unconditionally granted to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement" (Basic Income Earth Network, (BIEN)).

Basic Income is alternately referred to as a guaranteed annual income, citizen's income, citizen's dividend, social dividend, negative income tax, and others. For more see:

/r/BasicIncome FAQ

Further reading list from the FAQ

Basic Income on Wikipedia

Community

This is a community space for discussion and advocacy of Basic Income schemes, with four main goals:

Educate. Increase publicity and support for Basic Income schemes, and explain their benefits.

Discuss. Talk about the specifics of how Basic Income should be implemented in different countries, and how potential problems can be overcome.

Organize. Work to create political support and pressure for Basic Income, in support of local branches of the Basic Income Earth Network, and meetup groups.

Connect. Build ties with local and distant supporters of this transnational movement.

Follow /r/BasicIncome on Twitter.

Like /r/BasicIncome on Facebook.

Chat with us on IRC

Support Basic Income

There are many ways to support Basic Income, click here to go to our Support wiki page for full details.

Sign a petition

Join your national advocacy group

Meetup with local supporters

Spread the message on Social Media - Add #BasicIncome to your posts or share Basic Income news with your friends. Sharing creates new supporters.

Contact Politicians or the Media - Show them you care and they'll care too

Reddit Network

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r/BasicIncomeSweden

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r/BasicIncomeUSA

r/RevenuDeBase (French)

r/Rentabasica (Spanish)

r/Grundeinkommen (German)

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Rules & Guidelines

Rules

No personal attacks or insults.

No trolling or posting in bad faith.

No advocating violence.

Follow site-wide rules.

Guidelines

Downvoting of comments is actively discouraged. Data indicates negative long-term effects on community participation. In regards to links and self-posts, don't downvote them just because you disagree with them. Upvote those that add to the basic income conversation.

If you have a question, search the subreddit and check the FAQ before asking; if the answers provided don't satisfy you, explain why in your post.

This is a non-partisan subreddit, and we don't support any specific policy, political party or ideology (other than Basic Income). Don't assume people share your political views, and don't exclude those with differing views.

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