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brer cat

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3. A guaranteed middle-class income

Reply to ND-Dem (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 06:28 PM

Jan 2015

would make conservative heads explode all over America, and I would pay to see it happen. A middle-class income for people now would lift their children out of the self-perpetuating effects of poverty. The pay-back from that alone would be enormous.

Thanks for the post, ND-Dem. K&R for Dr. King.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Solution to Poverty [View all] ND-Dem Jan 2015 OP

Makes more sense for government to give money to the poor directly, Trillo Jan 2015 #1

agreed. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #2

A guaranteed middle-class income brer cat Jan 2015 #3