negative (income) tax

negative (income) tax
   state payment to the poor
   The proposition seems to have been first expounded by Milton Friedman under the title negative tax. An object would be to eliminate the present cumbersome methods of individual assessment and distribution of money to the poor and others.

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  • negative income tax — noun Date: 1966 a system of federal subsidy payments to families with incomes below a stipulated level …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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