Yes, a universal dividend and the other policies of the new monetary and economic paradigm is the path we must envision and implement. The current monopoly monetary paradigm for the creation and distribution of all new money must be broken up. An aspect of that monopoly paradigm is what you are specifically referring to which is Earned Income Only…except for the oligarchy which is Earned Income and Unearned Income…in other words MONETARY GIFTING. So lets democratize income and break up all of the dominating effects of the current anomalous monetary paradigm.

WB: Is this an empirical argument or an “a priori” one? I ask because: Aren’t empirical arguments supposed to show the evidence? (I don’t see any numerical or quantifiable data.)

Me: Its both actually. The 50% Discount/Rebate policy at retail sale is imminently empirical because it is an expression of the algebraic equation -50% of price + 50% of price = 0 loss of revenue because full price is received by the commercial agent and yet every individual agent gets a 100% increase in purchasing power. It makes purchasing power flow down hill like water does in the real world…and reverses/mitigates the de-stabilizing upward flow of price and oligarchic accumulation of money.

The idea of a universal dividend was first raised by a very clear minded person, C. H. Douglas of Social Credit fame as our “cultural heritage of increased technological and productive capabilities” which is an a priori insight that is sadly still little acknowledged.