> He believed in a universal basic income (Agrarian Justice) I am, of course, only superficially familiar with his works, but calling what Paine proposed a bas

> He believed in a universal basic income (Agrarian Justice) I am, of course, only superficially familiar with his works, but calling what Paine proposed a basic income is extremely stupid. This is a trivial concept of viewing territories as a natural resource, specifically, land, not productive assets in general. With the logic that land is not a product of human activity, and therefore, by acquiring land as "ownership", a person obtains it at the expense of everyone else, and it's logical to force them to compensate for this. And it certainly can't be called a basic income if you look at the proposed tax burden. It's simply another form of tax redistribution, and in almost every respect, more capitalist compared to the tax distribution systems of that time, (and certainly of today).