Ironically it was Nixon who came within days of a speech announcing UBI. He saw adequate welfare as a thoroughly Republican thing to provide. Only after he was

Ironically it was Nixon who came within days of a speech announcing UBI. He saw adequate welfare as a thoroughly Republican thing to provide. Only after he was lobbied with evidence based upon lies did he relent. First link search turned up: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/05/richard-nixon-ubi-basic-income-welfare/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/05/richard-nixon-ubi-basic-i...