I thought at that time the main reason the nation backed out of the universal income was not racism, but a statistical error: > Even former Nixon advisor Danie

I thought at that time the main reason the nation backed out of the universal income was not racism, but a statistical error: > Even former Nixon advisor Daniel Moynihan stopped believing in basic income, following a fatal discovery upon publication of the final results of the Seattle experiment. One finding in particular grabbed everybody’s attention: The number of divorces had jumped more than 50%. Interest in this statistic quickly overshadowed all the other outcomes, such as better school performance and improvements in health. > Ten years later, a reanalysis of the data revealed that a statistical error had been made; in reality, there had been no change in the divorce rate at all. From https://thecorrespondent.com/4503/the-bizarre-tale-of-president-nixon-and-his-basic-income-bill/173117835-c34d6145 https://thecorrespondent.com/4503/the-bizarre-tale-of-presid...