Be part of the UBInow map for 2018!
You can now put yourself, your community and/or your company on a direct route to basic income of middle-class income size, possibly starting as soon as late 2018 if we get enough support and hopefully continuing forever.
We can and will act anywhere in the world, with no need for government programs or taxes, bringing money from our own international fund, built on the contributions of this campaign and (primarily) third party investments based on the interest we can demonstrate with this campaign.
But we need you to show your interest and support, to map where to start the roll-out for the greatest and fastest basic income implementation worldwide!
A donation of $/EUR 5 (GoFundMe's minimum) from you and your neighbors will draw our attention to your area - we can see your country and a comment from you, even if you choose to stay anonymous.
If you cannot afford $/EUR 5 by yourself, please gather a donation in your community or send us an email to [email redacted] instead.
(For those who do not yet know why basic income/UBI is so important, this free article is easily read and available as audio while going into depth with all the arguments and counter-arguments).
What is UBInow?
UBInow is a method of funding unconditional basic income without the need for taxes or government intervention, by making use of the methods that self-made rich people use: Venture capital; investing in and growing companies to profit from their surplus once they get big.
Experts and scientists in the field have lauded the self-financing basic income funding mechanism of UBInow, such as the renowned Professor Guy Standing who has among much else worked as employment and welfare advisor in UN and governments from United Kingdom over Malaysia to Russia.
UBInow can be explained with the following chart (with some simplification):
UBInow for Denmark is described in details in this 48-pages report, and have been explained with several short videos by SamfundsTanken.
A shorter whitepaper and video aimed at the general international audience is underway and will be added here as soon as it is available - you can be notified about these by writing a mail to [email redacted] with the heading "Subscribe to UBInow whitepaper".
Who is behind UBInow and this campaign?
Soeren O. Ekelund was the first to think of UBInow has since improved the method together with BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network), universities, think tanks and politicial parties.
Soeren O. Ekelund have been featured on TED Talks and in newspaper articles for his work to better understand and improve the world at large, and other projects of his team are applauded by NASA and ESA.
Soeren O. Ekelund's life and work for a better world is documented on www.soerenekelund.dk
The core team in the cross-policy think tank SamfundsTanken has been prime in developing UBInow to its current state together with Soeren, and SamfundsTanken is the administrator of this campaign:
Where have UBInow been tested?
UBInow-like hiring have been tested in several of Soeren O. Ekelund's companies and organizations since 2009, and the earnings method is currently tested on 22 companies in VCFS - Venture Capital Financing of Society.
Here is an example of the development of similar investment methods implemented by the investment company Wealthsimple on an even bigger and older portfolio, without the additional benefits of low wages under true UBInow:
We currently have the following UBInow demonstrations running outside companies (funded by Soeren O. Ekelund and sponsors), to show what happens to people otherwise unemployed:
[Tine Nielsen, Mid Jutland, Denmark (severe stress and anxiety sufferer with two children, now making small movies and doing free consultancy for others trapped in the harsh Danish unemployment system). Here's her Facebook.
Lena Lundø, Mid Jutland, Denmark (PTSD sufferer with two children, now fighting for the disadvantaged in Denmark and selling a book about Perler beads). Here's her Facebook, blog and the movie about her fight with the system.
Pernille Jakobsen, Western Sealand, Denmark (Stress-induced depression, now acting as PA for Soeren O. Ekelund and writing on a fantasy novel). Here's her Facebook.
The fourth person chooses to be anonymous, as he/she is on the run from an abusive partner, and have gone from hardly being able to take care of his/her daily life to now contributing to science and political publications.]
How can I be part of UBInow?
Make a donation to put you on the map!
(You can be anonymous if you prefer that, we can only see your country then and any comment you choose to send us with the contribution.)
This campaign aims to map where there is the most interest and support in the local communities, so we can start implementing UBInow first where it can best grow and thus expand as fast as possible worldwide.
As well we use the collected funds to further the UBInow implementation in general.
As such we suggest that you make a contribution to show your interest and draw our attention to your area.
And get your neighbors and colleagues to contribute as well, so we can see how the interest clusters.
We also want to map the local possibility of supporting a UBInow pilot in your community or company, so if you can please make a contribution of a size according to the suggestions below.
$/EUR 5 (GoFundMe minimum donation): We hear your call for help, and will get to you with UBInow as soon as we can.
If you cannot afford $/EUR 5 by yourself, please gather a donation in your community or send us an email to [email redacted] instead.
$/EUR 6: You don’t have much, yet is not in trouble either, but want to help others in your community or the world get UBInow faster.
$/EUR 8: You are doing well as employed in a less wealthy country, and see the huge potential in UBInow for all.
$/EUR 10: You own a small company in a less wealthy country, and look forward to UBInow in your area.
$/EUR 20: You are doing well as employed in a less wealthy country, and want to see basic income flourish in your community as soon as possible.
$/EUR 50: You are doing well as employed in a wealthy country, and see the huge potential in UBInow for all.
$/EUR 100: You own a medium-sized company in a less wealthy country, and look forward to UBInow in your area.
$/EUR 200: You are doing well as employed in a wealthy country, and want to see basic income flourish in your community as soon as possible.
$/EUR 500: You own a small company in a wealthy country, and look forward to UBInow in your area.
$/EUR 1,000: You own a medium-sized company in a wealthy country, or a big one in a less wealthy country, and very much want to see basic income implemented.
$/EUR 10,000: You own a big company in a wealthy country, and very much want to see basic income implemented.
$/EUR ???: Choose the donation size yourself, and please let us know your motivation in a comment together with it.
We do however understand that situations differ and some areas are very poor; in these cases please feel free to make just a single minimum contribution (usually EUR 1) and describe the situation of your community in a comment you can make together with the contribution.
As contributions come in, regardless of their size, they will be plotted onto The Public UBInow Map for all to see.
What happens next?
We begin the implementation, sooner or later in your area!
During 2018 we will monitor this campaign and probably extend it to Indiegogo and other sources as well and begin to prepare UBInowpilots in the most promising areas, using the funds from this campaign and third party investors - funds from this campaign may in part also go to research and and to political parties that support UBInow pilots.
As soon as an area begins to show moderate interest by number and size of donations, we will analyze it and see how much funding the area will probably need, how many people we can raise to middle-class level, and how much and how fast it is likely to provide in profits for the next implementations.
Areas with many small donations may be more likely to see implementation earlier than areas with few high donations, since it is more important for us to have great local support when we begin the investment process, and we can then come with funds from the outside.
However, areas showing many big donations relative to the middle-class wage level, from both persons and companies, will be our preferred targets, since we can here go in fast and easy, and then quickly make more profits for implementing in less fortunate areas.
Here is a simplified overview of average middle-class wages in the world – for UBInow purposes however we will look at the levels and dynamics of the community in general:
Thank you in advance for your contribution!
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