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As Richard Tuck, the premier historian of such ideas, has long noted, it is one of the great ironies of history that this was always a body of theory embraced not by the progressives of that time, but by conservatives.
First, a basic income is a matter of social justice. It is about citizens sharing in public wealth. Our individual income and wealth are far more the result of the efforts and achievements of past generations than of anything we do ourselves. If society accepts private inheritance of wealth, then it should allow for *the public inheritance of social wealth*. The best way of doing that is to distribute equal ‘dividends’ to each resident citizen and legally recognised migrant.
Why ‘Universal Basic Services’ Is No Alternative to Basic Income
opendemocracy.net
One good way to find out the other person or party’s perceptions is to ask questions. In a negotiation, questions are far more powerful than statements.
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Diamond, Stuart
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