In her new memoir, the defeated Democrat regrets that she didn’t go bolder during the campaign, with ideas for a universal basic income, a nationwide dividend program for fossil fuels, and a tax on net worth instead of income. Craig Ruttle / AP A cash payment to guarantee a basic income for every American. A nationwide “carbon-dividend program” to tax fossil fuels and redirect the revenue to citizens. Taxing an individual’s net worth instead of their annual income as a way to reduce income inequality.
Hillary Clinton considered proposing each of these transformative ideas during her ill-fated presidential campaign last […]
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