Keith Wheeles

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“I am now convinced,” he said, “that the simplest approach will prove to be the most revolutionary—the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a … guaranteed annual income.” The idea was not so radical. In fact, three years later, President Richard Nixon would come close to enacting a plan to give every family of four a guaranteed annual income of $1,600, a move that had the support of more than a thousand American economists.
King: A Life
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