One Happy Story - The Citizens Basic Income

When I met Senator Eduardo Suplicy of Brazil back in 2015 in New York at the 14th North American Basic Income Guarantee Congress, he handed me and many others there a little children's book about basic income in Brazil.

For those who aren't aware, Brazil is the first country in the world to pass basic income into law, and did so back in 2004. They just haven't implemented it yet, because it's up to the President to do so, and so far they've avoided it.

I thought it would be neat to somehow make it into a video, so that's what I've done here, including my own narration.

I hope this is now able to reach more people, and if you want the images themselves, I've uploaded them to an imgur album. So by all means, if you make videos and think I did a terrible job with this version, please use the images to make a far better version. Thanks!

And my thanks as well to all those who originally created this story and its images.

Credits:

Art: Megaterio Estudio de Criacao

Writing: Ziraldo, Gustavo Luiz, and Miguel Mendes

Illustrations: Miguel Mendes and Marco Antonio J. Ferreira

Colors and Graphic Design: Fabio Tenorio Ferreira

Translation: Andreza Akuska de Sousa Santos

Video and Narration: Scott Santens

Interested in doing more to grow the basic income movement than you can through social media alone? Filling out this survey from the Universal Income Project would be helpful. You can also sign the Economic Security Project's belief statement, join the Basic Income Slack channel, Basic Income Action, and the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network.

Have a question about basic income? Here's a list of links that answers frequently asked questions.

Interested in reading an entire book about basic income? Here's a BIG list of what's available out there.