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Citizens could receive a basic / guaranteed income (with restrictions or on a EBT card)

By Hicbd
Sat Sep 7 2013 6:01 pm

A basic income is a policy that provides a sum of money to each citizen unconditionally as a form of social security. This could result in more social welfare than other public programs through decreased administrative costs and by stimulating the economy.

URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income
http://www.demos.org/blog/universal-basic-income-really-utopian

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