Martin Luther King, Jr. recommended Henry George's citizen's dividend. But that's the last thing he ever did. They killed him and I believe it was because of that recommendation as it would have eliminated the need for the welfare bureaucracy and would have replaced the entire civil rights paradigm founded on "protected groups" with a completely neutral "general welfare".
The American Enterprise Institute scholar and prominent libertarian theoretician Charles Murray pretty much recommended the same thing recently in his book "In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State". He was roundly ignored by MLK's supposed supporters, libertarians and conservatives. The interests arrayed against this on all sides of the political divides are enormous: Basically, anyone that uses the word "populist" with a sneer. On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a good video about automation and employment: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU > > Some good quotes: after the Model T, people did not say: "There will be > new jobs for horses we can't imagine!" There is not a rule that says, > "better technology makes more better jobs for horses." > > - Jed > >
