Reminder: MLK supported a guaranteed universal income
by David Atkins
Much has been written about the attempt to whitewash Martin Luther King, Jr., turning him into a non-threatening 1960s era teddy who just wanted everyone to be free. That does an incredible disservice to the man, his mission and his legacy. I want to highlight just one thing MLK, Jr., the need for which is just now coming back into public view:
"I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income."
He also supported a minimum wage that in today's dollars would be in excess of $15 an hour.
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