Earned Quote by Guy Standing

A universal basic income means not only that millions of people would receive unconditional cash payments, but also that millions of people would have…

— Rutger Bregman

Instead of a universal basic income, we could have a basic income guarantee. Or, as economists prefer to call it, a negative income tax.

— Rutger Bregman

Basic income would give people the most important freedom: the freedom of deciding for themselves what they want to do with their lives.

— Rutger Bregman

I think one of the most important facts of basic income would be that it's not only a redistribution of income, but also of…

— Rutger Bregman

A universal basic income would be the best way to give everyone the opportunity to do more unpaid but incredibly important work, such as…

— Rutger Bregman

The primary value of a basic income would be its emancipatory effect.

— Guy Standing

I want to give people a basic income, so that if you're working hard, doing the best you can, that you can not just…

— Charles Murray

The claim that if people had a basic income they would become lazy is prejudiced and has been refuted many times in many places.

— Guy Standing

The benefits of a universal basic income overall are huge.

— Andrew Yang

A primary justification for a basic income is social justice.

— Guy Standing

Low-wage individuals barely get anything. I think we have to reward work, and I do think that we need to bump up the earned…

— Mike Coffman

I know that there are many excellent arguments for a universal form of basic income. Since everyone would get it, it would remove the…

— Rutger Bregman