In my debates on politics and economics I've looked at a number of different ideas. Such as the French idea of sharing the available real work.. with their 10 weeks vacations, 35 hour work weeks and so forth. Which is really a continuation of the New Deal policies.
But first off that still won't work in the long run when near 100% of money producing work is automated. And secondly it just doesn't work with a free society, where no one is telling you how many hours you are allowed to work, and of course the monitors to make sure you are complying.
The citizen's dividend deals with it all cleanly in one shot. I estimate the USA is already able to give 800$ a month per man, woman and child. So a family of four would get 3200$ a month tax free. Almost enough to survive on. There are many possibilities with that foundation, like the woman deciding to go part time.. which frees up work for someone else.
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