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Supposing, circa 1935, FDR pushed a form of Basic Income* instead of a Social Security pension? Like the SSA that passed OTL, it can be a limited program that grows over time.

What other mechanism could he use? How does this change affect how the US welfare state develops, and what butterflies could we see beyond that?

*possibly through a Negative Income Tax or an EITC/unemployment-insurance combo, or some other mechanism
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