Al Sheahen: MLK’s Dream Exists as Poverty Persists

I’m a few weeks late for Martin Luther King day in the US now, but this mention still seems timely. Towards the end of his life when his attention turned towards poverty, Martin Luther King Jr. supported a guaranteed income as a solution to poverty.

Respected American advocate Al Sheahen published an op-ed in the LA Daily News on MLK day to highlight King’s support and outline the case for a guaranteed income.

Sheahen also presented an interesting paper on the rise and fall of a basic income bill in the US Congress at last year’s USBIG conference. Sheahen provides a good picture of where guaranteed income is at in the US. The paper can be found here on the USBIG site.