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  • noun a grant based on purely demographic principals such as age and sex.

Etymologies

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demo(graphic) + grant

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Examples

  • In 1972, George McGovern advocated something similar - a $1,000 "demogrant" for every US citizen.

    YID With LID 2008

  • In 1972, George McGovern advocated something similar - a $1,000 "demogrant" for every US citizen.

    YID With LID 2008

  • 1972, George McGovern advocated something similar - a $1,000 "demogrant" for every US citizen.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • The demogrant program was simple: the federal government would write a check for $1,000 to every American.

    George McGovern: Hillary Would Be Better President Than Bill 2009

  • To make the Purple Tax Plan's consumption tax truly progressive, the plan includes a monthly payment demogrant was George McGovern's term, which ensures that those living at or below the poverty line pay no tax, on net, on their consumption.

    unknown title 2011

  • To make the Purple Tax Plan's consumption tax truly progressive, the plan includes a monthly payment demogrant was George McGovern's term, which ensures that those living at or below the poverty line pay no tax, on net, on their consumption.

    Forbes.com: News Laurence Kotlikoff 2011

  • To make the Purple Tax Plan's consumption tax truly progressive, the plan includes a monthly payment demogrant, which ensures that those living at or below the poverty line pay no tax, on net, on their consumption.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Laurence J. Kotlikoff 2012

  • If you're a Democrat, a sales tax, apart from the demogrant, probably sounds highly regressive.

    CNN.com 2011

  • In their place it substitutes a highly progressive 17.5% federal retail sales tax plus a demogrant -- a monthly payment to each household, large enough that it reimburses the poor for the sales tax they've paid.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Politics by Principal, Not Interest, that even if you progressive-ize the demogrant structure to a significant degree the economy still comes out way ahead.

    protein wisdom 2009

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