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<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><BIG><B>Cash boost for everyone. Every
month. No conditions. Can we do that?</B> Two-thirds of Europeans think we
should but the EU is not so sure. With so many feeling the impact of COVID
let’s give Universal Basic Income a try to see how it could work and what
it would change.</BIG></SPAN></P>
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<P><BIG><I>“I was told that I was more social and happier, and I think it’s
because there was always some money in my account. It’s so much security for
life.”</I></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>These are the hopeful words of a Finn who participated in
Finland’s basic income experiment that gave a group of people cash every month,
no strings attached.</STRONG> Its overall results were outstanding with people
feeling less depressed and trusting others and institutions more. [1]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>As we struggle through this pandemic</B> - a family member
unemployed, a cafe forced to close or a nurse that is overworked and underpaid -
<B>the idea of a Universal Basic Income</B> (UBI) - where every person receives
a monthly cash payment - <B>seems more pragmatic and needed than
ever</B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>Europeans agree, a new YouGov poll shows that more than two-thirds of
Europeans now support a UBI.</B> [2]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>With such widespread support a UBI should be a no-brainer for
Europe!</B> But we know that EU decision-makers still have questions about UBI’s
feasibility, costs and effects on people. This is why we’re asking the
Commission to back a pilot program. [3]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>We are arranging a meeting with the European Commission's department
working on social fairness, who have told us they are open to discussing the
idea. <B>Imagine if we arrive at the meeting not only with a poll that shows
Europeans want it but also a huge petition that demands action.</B></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>The YouGov poll shows that Europeans believe a Universal Basic
Income could have massive benefits. </STRONG>For Italians, the benefits of a UBI
included not only paying for basic needs (30%), but a reduction in anxiety for
the future (42%) and the possibility to focus on doing valuable things that
under our current system don’t pay the bills – like caring for others (19%),
volunteering (12%) or training (19%). [4]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Europe is not doing enough to help people who are suffering - but we can
redesign this failing social system. A Universal Basic Income is one way to do
that. <B>And a pilot program would be the first logical step: it would help the
EU understand how it would work and see its impacts on employment, on
well-being, inequality and poverty.</B> It could help us build a programme for
all Europeans that is based on actual lived experience.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>A UBI would be a great big experiment to rethink our economic
system in Europe. That system is unfairly designed and has led to a situation of
spiralling inequality, where the richest 1% have more wealth than the rest of
the world. Over 20% of Europeans are at risk of poverty. </STRONG>[5] As a
community, we’ve fought to stop corporate tax avoidance and tame big tech, now
help us fight for a UBI that redistributes more wealth and allows people to
reach their full potential.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With hope,<BR>David (London), Marta (Warsaw), Giulio (Rome) and the
entire WeMove team</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>PS: UBI is supported by people from the likes of Pope Francis to
physicist Stephen Hawking to economics Nobel Prize laureates. [6] Now that the
idea has gained widespread support, it’s time for the EU to give it a chance: <A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=227196&qid=251984149"
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try!</B></A></BIG></P>
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https<SPAN>://www.ubie</SPAN>.org/the-unheard-results-of-the-finnish-basic-income-experiment/<BR>[2]
The survey was conducted in 6 European countries - France, Germany, Italy,
Poland, Portugal and Spain - where people expressed strong support for a UBI and
would like their governments to set up a pilot project.
https<SPAN>://www.wemove</SPAN>.eu/results-yougov-poll-about-ubi<BR>[3] A UBI
pilot program would give a selection of EU-residents monthly cash payments for a
period of at least three years to assess the impacts of the program</SMALL></P>
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