TGR carries the first post in my new series on the universal basic income:

The enormous power the UBI would give to American racism points to a real problem of principle underlying its structure: it involves a fundamental change in the political philosophy of care for the poor, breaking with Christian-derived traditions that help the poor on the assumption of the equal dignity of all people, restoring us to the pagan paternalism of the Roman “dole” system.

Let me know what you think!