
# **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://hu.eci-ubi.eu/)*** ⬅️
6 comments
It’s a trick! Send no reply!
I fully support this idea and will vote later when I’m home from my computer instead of my mobile. I’m curious as to what will come from it.
Keep these commie ideas out of this sub please.
>official collection of signatures
so it’s fucking nothing
Is there an option to sign that I don’t support it?
If it’s an official, regulated website then why does it look like a low effort phishing website?