"The notion that those in poverty deserve to stay in poverty is an idea that needs to die." ~ @scottsantens.com #basicincome #ubi4all
May 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"The notion that those in poverty deserve to stay in poverty is an idea that needs to die." ~ @scottsantens.com #basicincome #ubi4all
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#RaiseTheWage #TrueLiveableWage #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #TaxAI #MakeAIBenefitAll #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too.
September 24, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Decades of trickle-down, and all we got was... inequality. It's time for a people-powered economy #taxtherichforUBI
#UBI4ALL #MillionairesForHumanity #wealthtax #basicincome
#UBI4ALL #MillionairesForHumanity #wealthtax #basicincome
March 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Decades of trickle-down, and all we got was... inequality. It's time for a people-powered economy #taxtherichforUBI
#UBI4ALL #MillionairesForHumanity #wealthtax #basicincome
#UBI4ALL #MillionairesForHumanity #wealthtax #basicincome
Just got here… so 👋
Super pumped to meet up with all my old tWiT friends and chat, commiserate, fix, and fight the good fight!
#responsiblejournalism
#newswithoutbias
#ubi4all
#dignity4all
Super pumped to meet up with all my old tWiT friends and chat, commiserate, fix, and fight the good fight!
#responsiblejournalism
#newswithoutbias
#ubi4all
#dignity4all
November 27, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Just got here… so 👋
Super pumped to meet up with all my old tWiT friends and chat, commiserate, fix, and fight the good fight!
#responsiblejournalism
#newswithoutbias
#ubi4all
#dignity4all
Super pumped to meet up with all my old tWiT friends and chat, commiserate, fix, and fight the good fight!
#responsiblejournalism
#newswithoutbias
#ubi4all
#dignity4all
Fucking LOVE to see EXPANDED cash payments after YET ANOTHER UBI STUDY shows IT HELPS PEOPLE A LOT TO GIVE THEM MONEY
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www.nola.com/news/educati...
After ‘promising findings,’ program expands that gives New Orleans teens $50 a week without conditions
The city of New Orleans invested $1 million to expand the study to 1,600 students across the city over three years.
www.nola.com
August 13, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Welfare bureaucracy costs more than giving people cash directly and people still die waiting. UBI isn’t fantasy, it’s efficiency.
#UBI4ALL
#UBI4ALL
January 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Welfare bureaucracy costs more than giving people cash directly and people still die waiting. UBI isn’t fantasy, it’s efficiency.
#UBI4ALL
#UBI4ALL
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
May 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
💰 While billionaires build fortunes beyond imagination, they also buy influence – shaping politics, elections, and policies to serve their interests. Meanwhile, millions struggle to pay rent.
We can change this with a #wealthtax & #UBI
#UBI4ALL #basicincome #taxtherichforUBI
We can change this with a #wealthtax & #UBI
#UBI4ALL #basicincome #taxtherichforUBI
March 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
💰 While billionaires build fortunes beyond imagination, they also buy influence – shaping politics, elections, and policies to serve their interests. Meanwhile, millions struggle to pay rent.
We can change this with a #wealthtax & #UBI
#UBI4ALL #basicincome #taxtherichforUBI
We can change this with a #wealthtax & #UBI
#UBI4ALL #basicincome #taxtherichforUBI
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
Can't stop thinking about all our data in the hands of these billionaire-wannabe-gangsters and violent bigots in masks.
I demand a national wealth tax that funds universal basic income and universal healthcare. The system needs to be leveled, but we keep letting our government tweak the status quo.
I demand a national wealth tax that funds universal basic income and universal healthcare. The system needs to be leveled, but we keep letting our government tweak the status quo.
September 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
When we talk about a wealth tax, the response is often: "That’s class war!" 🚩
This allows those at the very top to frame themselves as the "keepers of the peace," while dismissing the lived reality of millions as an emotional outburst.
Credit: Barry's Economics
#WealthTax
This allows those at the very top to frame themselves as the "keepers of the peace," while dismissing the lived reality of millions as an emotional outburst.
Credit: Barry's Economics
#WealthTax
February 11, 2026 at 10:25 AM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
April 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
The best thing you'll read today
"Angine de Poitrine and Einstein are what we get when people are free to do what they truly want"
"if [UBI] enables even one more Einstein... it will have paid for itself a thousand times over"
https://www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-de-poitrine-argument-for-ubi/
"Angine de Poitrine and Einstein are what we get when people are free to do what they truly want"
"if [UBI] enables even one more Einstein... it will have paid for itself a thousand times over"
https://www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-de-poitrine-argument-for-ubi/
The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI
Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle
Two guys in papier-mâché masks from Saguenay, Quebec, have been playing music together for 20 years since they were 13 years old. For
www.scottsantens.com
May 7, 2026 at 9:05 AM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
They have not incentivized these young people to have kids and they know it.
They neglected us Xers, snatched the rug out from under the Millennials’ finances, traumatized Gen Z… now they want the birth rate to go up?!
Give folks single payer healthcare, UBI, housing & a year or two off. Or STFU!
They neglected us Xers, snatched the rug out from under the Millennials’ finances, traumatized Gen Z… now they want the birth rate to go up?!
Give folks single payer healthcare, UBI, housing & a year or two off. Or STFU!
September 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
#RaiseTheWage #TrueLiveableWage #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #TaxAI #MakeAIBenefitAll #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
Do you know how much the pay of CEOs at major companies has skyrocketed since 1978?
50%? 100%? 500%?
Try 1,316%
Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
50%? 100%? 500%?
Try 1,316%
Meanwhile, the typical workers’ compensation increased only 28%.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
September 26, 2026 at 7:38 AM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
From 2020, but this still applies today!!!
From 2020, but this still applies today!!!
March 1, 2026 at 1:45 PM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
From 2020, but this still applies today!!!
From 2020, but this still applies today!!!
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
September 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
October 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It'd be back to school for this queen, and I'd be able to consistently invest in my art/drag while taking care of my family. #UBI4All #BasicIncome4All #BasicIncomeNow #BasicIncomeGuaranteed
If everyone received a Universal Basic Income with no strings attached, what would you do with it?
Re-post with your answer, then join the conversation in the comments. We're curious to hear what you'd do.
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Re-post with your answer, then join the conversation in the comments. We're curious to hear what you'd do.
Check it out basicincomeaction.org/sharables/6a...
Honest • Sharables
What would YOU do with a universal basic income no string s attached?
basicincomeaction.org
August 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
It'd be back to school for this queen, and I'd be able to consistently invest in my art/drag while taking care of my family. #UBI4All #BasicIncome4All #BasicIncomeNow #BasicIncomeGuaranteed
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
The wealth of the world’s billionaires grew 54% in 2020, in an economic system that perpetuates wealth inequality
In his new book Burned by Billionaires, inequality researcher Chuck Collins makes the case that systemic change is needed
#BasicIncome
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In his new book Burned by Billionaires, inequality researcher Chuck Collins makes the case that systemic change is needed
#BasicIncome
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
zurl.co
October 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
🚨 Your occasional pre-budget reminder that: if a govt finds itself in a financial bind and it chooses not to tax the super-rich, that govt will (by definition) be choosing to tax people with far less wealth and much less income instead. Politics is about making choices... #WealthTaxNow #TaxTheRich
October 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
#RaiseTheWage #TrueLiveableWage #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #TaxAI #MakeAIBenefitAll #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
One of the best things about UBI would be eliminating the Byzantine bureaucracy disabled people must navigate to access even the most basic financial assistance
September 25, 2026 at 8:58 AM
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 30, 2026 at 11:52 AM