I think Planet Money talked about how you could just give the taxes back to poor people as a tax refund, and it would still have the same positive effect withou

I think Planet Money talked about how you could just give the taxes back to poor people as a tax refund, and it would still have the same positive effect without being a regressive tax. I don't think it was this article, but it's something like this: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/03/15/174358638/a-surprisingly-uncontroversial-program-that-gives-money-to-poor-people http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/03/15/174358638/a-sur...