A Brief History of Basic Income Ideas

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A Brief History of Basic Income Ideas

glen ropella

http://2noame.tumblr.com/post/84446680465/a-brief-history-of-basic-income-ideas

> 1776
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> Thomas Jefferson
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>     In 1776, while serving as a delegate to the Virginia legislature, Thomas Jefferson proposed giving 50 acres of public land to any propertyless individual willing to farm it. That was the first homestead program, subsequently copied by other states, and probably the first government program that sought to provide a secure income for the poor.
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> 1795
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> Thomas Paine
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