>>>>Clearly we are doing something wrong. Throwing money at the problem has neither reduced poverty nor made the poor self-sufficient.
>>>>It is time to reevaluate our approach to fighting poverty. We should focus less on making poverty more comfortable and more on creating the prosperity that will get people out of poverty.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/PA694.pdf
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>>>http://forum.canucks.com/topic/329575-switzerland-an-initiative-to-establish-basic-income-for-all-a-town-without-poverty-canadas-guaranteed-income-experi/
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>>So much for Switzerland.
>
>Even IF a national referendum is started, the swiss have shown
>a remarkable tendency NOT to vote for panem et circenses in such votes...

Huh - I just referred to the Roman practice in a reply to JR :)