Mayor Kevin Faulconer “It is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he oughta lift himself by his own bootstraps.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967
Toward the end of his life, Martin Luther King, in his capacity to be infinitely prophetic and ahead of his time, began speaking about something called “guaranteed annual income.” With President Johnson’s “unconditional” War on Poverty in full swing by this time, King took the idea a step further than the expansions to Social Security benefits and food stamps implemented by the Johnson administration.Yes, King was indeed calling for a guaranteed […]
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