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That's a good point. It was famously the preferred policy of Milton Friedman (presumably as a cheaper alternative to the welfare state, back when the Overton window was still more FDR than Reagan). A negative income tax might need to be paid out weekly or monthly to make a meaningful difference to the homeless and the working poor (to say nothing of access to banking services; as long as we're waving policy magic wan…
LVT and just giving people money fixes everything! Ezra Klein recently had a guest who talked about baby bonds which matches Thomas Paine's goals: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NhjzbFvy2B8C7y0O6zhMh?si=N...
100%, thanks for the link!