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Yes. When I was a freshman in college, (what, 52 years ago?!), our very popular psychology professor advocated for a society that provided a " guaranteed income" to every adult. That alone, he said, would ameliorate so many of the psychological problems he was going to describe. Even though I was an open minded hippie with long braids, I had my doubts. He was right. And it's about time we stop thinking it is okay to have cracks in our social fabric for folks to fall through.

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oh my!! and you still remember his lessons... thanks for sharing that!

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He was a star professor, classes had to be held in the biggest auditorium, and he repeated this point often. And I disagreed. So it stuck in this flighty head of mine. Then in my public health and psych nursing rotations, I saw he was right. Rarely in my 50 year career did I visit a "lazy" family. They were "disadvantaged" by a system designed to keep them there, or worse.

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incredibly obvious, right??? and yet... so many people miss this completely. instead, they are busy blaming, judging and otherwise not supporting them. what a change we could experience in the world if we made this wise professor's ideas our policy! i'm so impressed and just love this, MaryPat!!

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He was right.

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Recall that Richard Nixon proposed some level of basic income, and that was 50 years ago. No Republican president since has ventured to say such a thing, as far as I recall.

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I don't recall, but when he was good, he was very, very good, and you know the rest. I don't recall any subsequent president venturing to say such a thing that I can remember. It seems to be that free enterprise is a very good thing so long as fundamental human rights take precedence.

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YES!!!!!!!!!!! and that is the piece we're always missing... maybe because we value market forces over human needs. leads to lots of unnecessary misery... is my view.

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wow!! he did??

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absolutely!!

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