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| {{About|the concept in [[Georgist]] economics|the social dividend as a component of [[socialism]]|Social dividend}}
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| [[File:Thomas Paine_rev1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Thomas Paine]] was a major inspiration for this policy]]
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| '''Citizen's dividend''' or '''social dividend''' is a proposed state policy based upon the principle that the natural world is the common property of all persons (see [[Georgism]]). It is proposed that all citizens receive regular payments ([[dividend]]s) from revenue raised by the state through leasing or selling [[natural resource]]s for private use.
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| In the [[United States]], the idea can be traced back to [[Thomas Paine]]'s essay, ''[[Agrarian Justice]]'',<ref>[http://www.thomaspaine.org/Archives/agjst.html "Agrarian Justice,"] Thomas Paine</ref> which is also considered one of the earliest proposals for a [[social security]] system in the United States. Thomas Paine summarized his view by stating that "Men did not make the earth. It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds."
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| This concept is a form of [[basic income guarantee]], where the Citizen's Dividend depends upon the value of natural resources or what could be titled as [[The commons|"common goods"]] like location values, [[seignorage]], the electro-magnetic spectrum, the industrial use of air (CO<math>_2</math> production), etc.
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| The State of [[Alaska]] dispenses a form of citizen's dividend in its [[Alaska Permanent Fund|Permanent Fund Dividend]], which holds investments initially seeded by the state's revenue from mineral resources, particularly [[petroleum]]. In 2005, every eligible Alaskan resident (including children) received a check for $845.76. Over the 24-year history of the fund, it has paid out a total of $24,775.45 to every resident.<ref>{{cite web|title=THE PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND|url=http://www.apfc.org/home/Content/dividend/dividend.cfm|publisher=Alaska Permanent Fund|accessdate=12 December 2012}}</ref>
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| The concept is also promoted as a tool to reduce carbon emissions. <ref>{{cite web|title=Cap and Dividend|url=http://www.ilsr.org/instead-cap-and-trade-cap-and-dividend/|publisher=Institute for local self-reliance|accessdate=11 Aug 2013}}</ref>
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| ==Alternate funding sources==
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| Naturalfinance.net proposes the funding source for social dividends to be [http://www.naturalfinance.net/2012/06/imperative-need-for-social-dividends.html the surplus of all state revenue over all state program expenses]. In this way, citizens are deeply interested to the alternative of any government spending: increasing their cash dividend, and all spending decisions affect every citizen equally.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Asset-based egalitarianism]] (basic capital)
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| * [[Basic income]]
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| * [[Demogrant]]
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| * [[Geolibertarianism]]
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| * [[Georgism]]
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| * [[Land value tax]]
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| * [[Prosperity Bonus]]
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| * [[Social dividend]]
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| ==Notes==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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| ==References==
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| * Clive Lord. ''A Citizens’ Income''. John Carpenter, 2003. ISBN 1-897766-87-4.
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| * [http://www.apfc.org/home/Content/dividend/dividend.cfm The Permanent Fund Dividend]
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.pfd.state.ak.us/ Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend]
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| *[http://www.progress.org/dividend/ Progress.org: Citizen's Dividend]
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| *[http://www.wealthandwant.com/themes/Citizen_Dividends.html Wealth and Want]
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| *[http://cod-democracy.blogspot.com/ Citizen-ownership Democracy]
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Citizen's Dividend}}
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| [[Category:Basic income]]
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| [[fr:Revenu citoyen]]
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