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leftstreet

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1. Nixon wanted a Guaranteed Annual Income in the US

Reply to Atman (Original post)

Wed Jan 9, 2013, 09:02 PM

Jan 2013

Read Daniel Moynihan's book THE POLITICS OF A GUARANTEED INCOME The Nixon Administration and the Family Assistance Plan.

Pretty interesting

http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/04/specials/moynihan-income.html

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NIXON! YOU WERE SO AWESOME! Except for how much you sucked. [View all] Atman Jan 2013 OP

Nixon wanted a Guaranteed Annual Income in the US leftstreet Jan 2013 #1

there's a thread on here doing it. dionysus Jan 2013 #2

Nixon was slime. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2013 #3

Don't pound so hard on the old Dick! Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #4

He gave us the 55 mph speed limit, and wage/price controls. Atman Jan 2013 #5

55 mph wasn't Carter? Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #6

Nope. Nixon. Atman Jan 2013 #9

Well, there you go. Thanks for setting me straight. Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #11

The Democratic Congress gave us those things -- including Ed Muskie -- NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #14

Most people are not all bad or all good. There's a tendency Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #7

He was a very complicated guy. MrSlayer Jan 2013 #8

Compared to today's GOP, Nixon was AWESOME Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #10

The OP did not accurately portray what Matthews said..... tableturner Jan 2013 #12

EPA Special Prosciuto Jan 2013 #13

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