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If anyone is interested, the various Basic Income organizations in Europe are now collecting signatures for the "European Citizens' Initiative for an Unconditional Basic Income".

"Unconditional Basic Income" means that everyone will be given a monthly
"basic income", which is a sum of money that is large enough to live
on. There is no work requirement or means test of any sort; everyone
automatically gets it as a human right. The main aim of this is to
eliminate poverty from the world and to give people more freedom to
choose how to live their lives.

Check out the Basic Income Initiative's website at:
Ubie.org
And Facebook page at:
Facebook.com

They need to collect a million signatures during this year (2013). If
successful, the Initiative will then be sent to the EU Commission, so
that "the old men in black suits" there can take a look at it. Most
likely this will cause nothing significant, but at least the concept
will become more popular.

And of course this idea will also become more popular if we just spread info about it. So if you like the idea, then tell everyone you know. :)

You can learn more about Unconditional Basic Income in the BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) websites:
Basicincome.org
Binews.org