2014/03/28/It's time for a basic minimum income

• when: 2014/03/28
• author: Thom Hartmann
• source: Thom Hartmann Program
• topics: free income Social Security poverty/reduction small government
• keywords
• link: http://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2014/03/its-time-basic-minimum-income
• title: It's time for a basic minimum income!
• summary: "Regardless of whether you want to fight poverty, stimulate the economy, shrink the size of government, or simply ensure everyone has a sense of human dignity – you should be calling for a no-strings-attached basic income for all."

All around the world, people are talking about a basic minimum income, and what they're saying makes a lot of economic sense. Regardless of whether you want to fight poverty, stimulate the economy, shrink the size of government, or simply ensure everyone has a sense of human dignity – you should be calling for a no-strings-attached basic income for all. Since its inception, Social Security has been incredibly successful at fighting poverty. So rather than slashing it, or means-testing it, we should expand it to every American.