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Advocacy for a Universal Basic Income for the United States: My Story
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Political Activism and Basic Income Guarantee
2020[]; ? (?): 89-113
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At this moment in U.S. society, Universal Basic Income (UBI), an agreed upon
amount of income distributed to the members of a society as a matter of right, is
once again being given serious attention. The last time Universal Basic Income
was part of a robust public discussion was in the 1960s and 1970s, when American
politicians, businesspeople, and human rights activists all were talking about
adequate income as a solution to poverty, automation, militarism, and racism. A
plethora of writing and research exists on UBI and the effects it would have on
people in the twenty-first century. While social workers are fundamentally
concerned with the life cycle and systems that sustain human well-being, social
workers and social work institutions remain largely absent from the fervent UBI
discussion and activism that is taking place now in the United States. A social
worker myself, I hope to explain here the professional and personal experiences
that have driven me to commit myself to Universal Basic Income activism and
strategy, and encourage the social work community and other committed people from
all walks of life and all places to be part of the movement for UBI.
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