by Erick Jones | Apr 3, 2017 | US Policy
By considering common concerns about the welfare system and basic income, a modified basic income could be delivered for a comparative cost as our current welfare system, eliminate poverty, support the working poor and middle class, and guarantee productivity from...
by Erick Jones | Mar 5, 2017 | Policy, US Policy
Transforming the EITC into an Acceptable Form of the Basic Income Going back to the EITC in essence it works like a basic income for those in a certain threshold. So if we wanted to apply those benefits to all Americans how could we change the rules? The EITC has...
by Erick Jones | Mar 5, 2017 | Policy, US Policy
Current Programs Similar to Basic Income In the United States we have Social Security which is a cash transfer from the working to the retired (if they are over 65) whose payout is determined by the amount of money you put in your working years. It is funded by a...
by Erick Jones | Mar 5, 2017 | Local Policy, Policy, US Policy
The Philosophical Argument for Basic Income The first thing a basic income does is effectively end poverty. For a single person common dollar amounts for a basic income put them only a few thousand dollars below the poverty line. For any other household basic income...
by Erick Jones | Mar 5, 2017 | Policy, US Policy
My series on how to end poverty will explore what it means to be poor, what methods we currently use to end poverty, basic income, and other methods to end poverty. This is the first installation. What It Means to be Poor in America Our economy and most of the...
by Erick Jones | Jan 27, 2017 | Local Policy, US Policy
Interesting enough I wrote this article well before Trump was elected, yet it still applies. Conservatism believes in a smaller, more efficient, and financially balanced government. The smaller and less intrusive the government the freer and more successful its...
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