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Sure it is. But under our present labor structure, it’s impossible.
Work requirements… cannot be used effectively in determining eligibility for aid, and are undesirable in any case.
—President’s Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, 1969
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James Bovard, libertarian author and lecturer, Attention Deficit Democracy (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).
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Sheahen, A. (2012). Why Not Guarantee Everyone a Job?. In: Basic Income Guarantee. Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137031594_11
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