About

UBI 2020 is a project to track and promote all candidates for the 2020 United States presidential election who endorse a universal basic income.

Universal Basic Income

Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a policy where all citizens receive a guaranteed monthly payment. As an idea it dates back to the writing of Thomas Paine and has been supported over time by politicians, philosophers, economists and citizens acros the political spectrum. Here is journalist Rutger Bregman explaining the rationale for UBI.

Candidates

Andrew Yang is running in the Democractic Primary. UBI is a key pillar of his platform.