[dragonwriter]

> And you don't need a magic orb to do it. You can do it in the US through the mysterious buildings referred to as "unemployment offices" by changing the signs and opening twice as many.

You could do it through the agency known as the IRS by adding a standard refundable credit, you might need a few more employees, but nothing like twice as many.

[landemva]

IRS already implements the child tax credit which pays, so a negative income tax should be straight-forward.