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Paine proposes a capital sum for everyone at 21

In "Agrarian Justice", Thomas Paine proposes a national fund paid for by a tax on inheritances. Every person, rich or poor, would receive £15 at age 21 and £10 a year from age 50, as compensation for the private ownership of land. Universal and unconditional.

Source: Wikipedia, Agrarian Justice, BIEN, history of basic income

Thomas Paine, by Laurent Dabos (c. 1792).
Thomas Paine, by Laurent Dabos (c. 1792). Public domain

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