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![scottsantens Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::14297863.png) Scott Santens [@scottsantens](/creator/twitter/scottsantens) on x 145K followers
Created: 2024-07-11 12:58:01 UTC

Thomas Paine, a founding father, proposed a universal cash payment for everyone turning XX back in the 18th century. Around that same time, Thomas Spence was the first to propose what we now know as universal basic income.

UBI isn't new; it's just overdue.


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[ubi](/topic/ubi)
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