Create a citizen's dividend. This would help the economy by increasing consumer spending and serve as a good safety net

A citizen's dividend is one of the best ways to work to eliminate poverty. It is fair and would apply to all equally. There are many ways of funding such an option. The state of Alaska already has a partial dividend that it distributes. For more information please refer to the Wikipedia articles that relate to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%27s_dividend.