Thomas Paine’s radical proposal for a Universal Basic Income.
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Thomas Paine’s radical proposal for a Universal Basic Income.
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The idea of a basic income for everybody originates in Rudolf Steiner’s Threefold Commonwealth of the Social Organism.
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Thanks for commenting, Peter. I think Bregman is probably right in this instance. Thomas Paine was the first to write about it in the 1790s: http://www.academia.edu/2698139/Two_arguments_for_Basic_Income_Thomas_Paine_1737-1809_and_Thomas_Spence_1750-1814_
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Ok, DrB. Sign Tubularsock on to this idea ……… hey, let’s start now send Tubularsock a check.
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Actually you wouldn’t need to sign up. The whole idea is to eliminate billions of dollars of bureaucracy dedicated to determining who is eligible for welfare, social security and disability benefits.
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