Who should get a basic income? You decide!
At the heart of any anti-poverty campaign (be it child poverty, food poverty or single-parent poverty), lies the same fundamental aim: to get more resources into the hands of those who most need them.
For those of us who campaign for a Universal Basic Income (UBI), the killer resource, the one that trumps everything because it can be turned into anything you need, is money. And that is what a UBI is: a small but periodic (weekly or monthly) payment, made to every eligible individual in society, without any conditions whatsoever (no means test or work requirements).
So, in theory at least, every anti-poverty campaign could include a call for unconditional money as part of its rallying cry. But does anyone agree with us?
Do you think that your cause would benefit from a call for universal cash?
What does your network think of a UBI?
Would you be interested in finding out?
We came up with this short quiz that sets out a number of profiles of different people (fictitious, but based on real people) and makes a case for why they should get a Basic Income. And you can vote yay or nay. It is not some statistically accurate or totally impartial survey. But it is the start of a conversation.
Want to share it with your network?
We can give you a specific campaign code that you can share with them, and we can give you a report of what your mailing list thinks of the concept, based on their responses. And then we can have a conversation about how we might work together to achieve all our aims.
Please contact development@citizen-network.org if you'd like to run a campaign, we can provide you with a bespoke campaign link and template for contacting your members and employees.
