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⠠⠵ avuko

Okay:

Universal Basic Cybersecurity. *

For every organisation, the people through the government provide the means (not money but tools, knowledge and information) to have basic information security in place.

This as a response to the “Security Poverty Line” and the abysmal state of information security, especially (but certainly not exclusively) amongst the SMEs.

*) you can probably guess why I don’t pitch it as “Universal Basic Informationsecurity”. Also, just “Security” doesn’t work, because that is (rightly) used in the discourse around UBI. If it is confused with Universal Background Checks, that’s just a happy little coincidence.

#ShowerThoughts #UniversalBasicCyberSecurity #UBC #SecuirtyPovertyLine #infosec #CyberSecurity
#UBI

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Ölbaum

Some Universal Basic Income detractors give the argument that it’s going to be expensive, and who is going to pay for it? But it will be temporary. See:

1. LLMs take all our jobs;
2. Everyone gets UBI so they can still buy food;
3. People start dying en masse because of (1);
4. UBI becomes much, much cheaper.

QED

#UBI#LLM#Job
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RaymondPierreL3

@InsurgoFormica @HardBeingGreen
When a govt adopts policies which result in the ‘closure’ of enterprises leading to job loss (Net zero for example, though in this case rightly so), then it becomes a govt’s responsibility to rehabilitate/compensate those who have lost their job (there are numerous ways to achieve this).

Remembering that govts are ‘of the people’ and ‘for the people’ (at least ideologically so for any #democracy) it is constrained by its social licence or ‘mandate, if you will (revoked or extended during elections). It therefore follows that looking after jobs (secure income for all), is in fact one of its jobs.

This might be extended with the proposition that ‘poverty’ is in fact a deliberate govt policy or a failure to act on its #sociallicence. It is the inability of neoliberals to see the benefits of #UBI far outweigh its cost to society as a whole.

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UBI4ME

“But who will clean toilets if everyone gets UBI?

Maybe… the people who want to do it, at a fair wage? Maybe... the task will get automated?

Maybe the real question is: why do we accept that some jobs should be so miserable and underpaid that people only do them out of desperation?

#UBI forces us to value labor instead of exploiting it and it gives us the freedom to choose the jobs we take. ❤️

#UBI4ME#FairWages#UniversalBasicIncome
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jj@::1$:~

I don't like at all Red Hat #UBI container images, and for all of you that would argue about the security, these images are not much secure as other ones... our duty as engineers is to think in the goal, not to follow the corporate policies no matter the price... someone had to say it

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Bob Jonkman

@Lorry

Here's my takeaway from the article:

>...spent two years developing a report which modelled an income-tested Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI)...

>...recommends a five to seven year federal/provincial demonstration project...

Another report. Another demonstration project. No action.

To be fair, the article authors seem as frustrated with the situation as I am.

halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/

#GuaranteedBasicIncome #GBI #BasicIncome #UniversalBasicIncome #UBI

@HalifaxExaminer

Halifax Examiner · Canada needs to step up and provide Canadians with sustainable income securityBy Sean Casey
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Lorry

@bobjonkman @HalifaxExaminer

I should add that I haven't read the Halifax Examiner's article - As I seem to have become a professional whistleblower, with no chance of being re-employed and zero income for 3 years I can't afford subscriptions over food and meds. I am kind of invested in the future of this #UBI lark :)

What I am working on is an advocacy network for front-line safety workers, you know the people who look at child abuse and murders all day - #UBI would also be a big help there!

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Lorry

@bobjonkman @HalifaxExaminer

2/2 Despite what FOX news hosts wail all the time, humans by nature are not lazy so they won't stop working. But UBI would fundamentally change society.

Although Guaranteed Income will help keep people out of poverty, it's a stopgap under firm government control and doesn't change the nature of work at all.

It will be interesting to see who starts talking GI instead of UBI.

#BasicIncomeCanadaNetwork #BICN
#GuaranteedLivableIncome #GLI
#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI

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Lorry

@bobjonkman @HalifaxExaminer

1/2 They have. And my 500 character limit is annoying here.

UBI at the right level gives workers a choice where they want to work and what wages they will accept, and extends that to people being able to pick zero wage income and just volunteering or running small business that don't need to make a profit. In a strong sense, it creates the ultimate free market capitalism.

#BasicIncomeCanadaNetwork #BICN
#GuaranteedLivableIncome #GLI
#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI

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Bob Jonkman

@Lorry

Even the Basic Income Canada Network has shifted to talking about Guaranteed Income. I hope that's at least Guaranteed *Livable* Income, but it's definitely a step backwards from Universal Basic Income. They've shifted because they think it will be easier to get politicians to accept GLI rather than UBI.

I think BICN is making a mistake.

#BasicIncomeCanadaNetwork #BICN
#GuaranteedLivableIncome #GLI
#UniversalBasicIncome #UBI

@HalifaxExaminer

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Lorry

@HalifaxExaminer I really wish that the media wouldn't fall for what seems to be right wing idealogical push to stop people talking about #UBI and instead shift to talking about #GuaranteedIncome.

One of them changes #society and (ironically) provides the ultimate free market capitalism when it comes to employment, which the billionaire oligarchs dread. The other is just yet another crutch to try and temporarily fix society whilst not actually changing anything except for the #poverty level.

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UBI4ME

In case you wanted to look at the results of the #GiveDirectly #UniversalBasicIncome from 2023 study yourself:

"Early findings from the world’s largest #UBI study"

"Both a large lump sum and a long-term UBI proved highly effective. The lump sum enabled big investments and the guarantee of 12 years of UBI encouraged savings and risk-taking."

givedirectly.org/2023-ubi-resu

GiveDirectly · Early findings from the world’s largest UBI study | GiveDirectlyMoney always helps, but for the poorest, one large lump sum can last a long time. A long-term universal basic income also looks promising.
#UBI4ME#UniversalBasicInvestment#TaxTheRich
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WilliamLMiller

1️⃣3️⃣ The Artificial Scarcity of Housing is Slowing Growth

🔥 Housing isn’t expensive because of natural scarcity — it’s expensive because restrictive policies limit construction.

✅ Unrestricting construction (with only essential safety rules) could boost U.S. GDP growth by 0.4% to 0.8% annually, adding trillions in economic output over time.

💡 Abundant housing fuels mobility, affordability, and productivity.

#UniversalWealth#UBI#HousingCrisis
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