Toni Pickard, Retired Law Professor, Coordinator of the Kingston Action Group for a Basic Income Guarantee

Recent political exploration of BI is based on more than its poverty reducing potential. BI can also ease income insecurity, sustain currently unpaid caring work, graduates, seasonal workers, people retraining, and creative artists. It will rebalance bargaining power and revitalize local economies. We have to question our moral/cultural/political attachment to paid labour as the only respect-worthy means to 'earning' a decent life. The role of human labour is shrinking at every income level. BI will help us adjust.