> "Is money a birthright now? Do we just get born and get money from the government?" Republican Rep. John Gillette told Business Insider. "Because I think the Founding Fathers would say that is very contrary to our capitalist system and encouraging people to work."

I think the other perspective is that the US _has_ historically been comfortable with giving away property in the Homestead Act, land rushes, the Oregon Land Donation act etc. These were giving away _capital_, and the people needed to provide the labor to make it productive.

IDK what a future-facing equivalent should look like. Should we all own datacenter racks? Robot factory lines?