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Be that as it may, it’s a fool-hardy idea which should be thrown on the garbage heap along with the many other failed Utopian fantasies.

The ideas currently being floated should be shredded, and thrown into a volcano. But conservatives shouldn't forget two things: one is that the public is going to demand some kind of public assistance, and conservatives have had very good ideas in the past in terms of how to meet that demand (most of which resemble "universal income"). And second, and most importantly, the relentless drop in the marginal cost of production indirectly leads to both the feasibility, and desirability, of ideas like this (although, not "income" in any meaningful sense, and of a far more limited amount than is being bandied about).

While it may be a political failure now, its time is coming. And if conservatives were to lead the way, instead of simply looking down their noses, these ideas could lead to tremendous gains for this country, both politically and economically.