This thesis comprehends a plan for a Guaranteed Annual Income policy designed by the Nixon administration in 1969 and debated at the beginning of the 70's. This Family Assistance Plan was a very...Show moreThis thesis comprehends a plan for a Guaranteed Annual Income policy designed by the Nixon administration in 1969 and debated at the beginning of the 70's. This Family Assistance Plan was a very revolutionary idea for welfare in the US. The thesis focusses on debates within the House of Representatives and the Senate that comprehends the concepts of race, gender and the idea of the undeserving poor. It also takes into account large scale social experiments that have been conducted of this theme.Show less
