
# **What are we talking about?**
*From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_income):*
> Universal basic income (UBI) is a sociopolitical financial transfer policy proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive a legally stipulated and equally set financial grant paid by the government without a means test
*If you prefer a video*, Kurzgesagt’s [Universal Basic Income Explained](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kl39KHS07Xc) explains it more in depth.
Basically, *if you feel like you don’t have enough time for yourself or for the activities and people you care about*, that your time at work is often wasted, if you struggle to make ends meet with the money you make or that 8 working hours per day are too much, *UBI could make our life easier and more enjoyable*.
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# Q&A
Q: **Where can I sign?** ✍️
A: *Link at the end of the post.*
Q: **What’s an ECI?**
A: It stands for European Citizen Initiative. In short, it’s an *official collection of signatures* that allows EU citizens to propose new laws to the European Commission.
Q: **How does it differ from sites like change.org?**
A: *It is an official and regulated mechanism* that can’t be ignored by the European Commission, unlike any other petitions site.
Q: **There’s no way we’ll reach the set goal in 3 weeks, why should I sign?**
A: Never say never; we’re posting in every European subreddit. *If you think UBI should be experimented but you won’t sign, how will people ever know?*
Q: **Why should I trust you?**
A: *Don’t.* Resources have been linked so you can inform yourselves and form your own opinion.
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## ➡️ ***[Sign here ✍️](https://mt.eci-ubi.eu/)*** ⬅️
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Thanks for bringing this up, OP!
You can also sign up for this here https://eci.ec.europa.eu/014/public/
The EU site looks a bit more official than the hideous Malta site (not that the Malta site is not official)
Done!
Interesting, where would the money come from though?