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Ideologies

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Political [blank] across a broad array of ideologies, from libertarians to [blank] liberals to the hard left, are intrigued, or even keen. The Cato Institute, an American think-tank that spends much of its time calling for a smaller state, published a [blank] of the policy in 2015. It feels that, though it might prefer a world with no [blank] redistribution, a basic income is the simplest.

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Political activists and thinkers across a broad array of ideologies, from libertarians to social liberals to the hard left, are intrigued, or even keen. The Cato Institute, an American think-tank that spends much of its time calling for a smaller state, published a sympathetic analysis of the policy in 2015. It feels that, though it might prefer a world with no government redistribution, a basic income is the simplest.
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