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s Tne argurnents that hrarned 'ident Richard Nixn's FAly -ssistance PFan have
wielded tremnenoius in a   ver US  S :5 anticpcver v ano faify policy debates, seltting
the stage for tive decaces :policy deveioprnernt tht av  d u a k -) a guaranceed
incime through the terrmory  -.xpansion of the hid tx .rE--d- itn 202
-oday the US faces a safety-net design that policymake  have aiways intentionaly
avoided: a torrn of giaranteed incorne harot is-our  work pus Oi   a  arge, bureaucratic
s Aid this backdr,, federa ipolicymakers have an opportunity to rerocus efforts towvar
-rmatLinrg a coordinated safety- 'net' ½ha1 meets the cha lieng'aes peor Arn ericancs face ['aday
and helps them irnpro-ve their farnilies -respents for tomorrow Ly connecting rnore fam-
liiesto work.

In 19o9, Prcso> d  t Richar  Nlxon re'ae  th P
Fanmiy Assistanc Pla FA), prioposig to replace
the cou05nty' f~argest selaie programat th ite-----
ie to Famile wih Dependencto Children (AFDC) ½
iar a' guar-n eed in  > i[um InScome tO' 9l am s
wit children. In proposing t-e plan, President
N'(OiOC ci ted a idev(sprea. falur>e If h US fey .iV
net to mSeaninSgilly combat pverty n Amrica ).  3
Nixon' word. s, Whete mc eased ha- the -nih l1
of tile por thelse-ls, or b  the dhiratically
mounrtring hurden on the taxpayer, ihe preset we-
fare systema has to be judged a colossal faiure.>
CVngress ?dled to ness President Nxons FAP, and
in policy circles today, we often Iorget tc proposal's

cy 'rweer, starinng in the L97s -ad or *any
years thereafter, the agnimts h.a. 13 Irame dn e FAP
wetlddi tre mcsds in flecee over policy debates,
setting he stage for five eccades o po.icy de vlop-
menit that has no tw Ltiiiia-ly led Amic Sca back to
a sinmuar propo<sal Whie -ignoring soml c of its key
lessons, suc as the imp rtance of emapioyment,
I. -Mach 021, Presidlt Joe  idn sl g ned the
Amcerican URs cue I Plan (  ARP)c, which included a
-ew temporary foa-m o  ar nte d incoime for
amilics waith children. Families are n10-w receiving
$250 a month from the fed al goe rnment ffcr iach
crilrl (and $3oo for each child nde age 6), regard-
less of whether anyone in the itouse is working

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