title: [The right to share in the nation's wealth: from the Family Allowance Program to Basic Citizenship Income].
abstract: This paper presents the positive outcomes of Brazil's Family Allowance Program, in terms of combating hunger and eradicating poverty, stressing that this is the first step towards introducing a Basic Income for Citizenship (RBC - Renda Básica de Cidadania) in Brazil, as established in 2004 through Law N degrees 10,835. This Basic Income for Citizenship will be phased in by stages at the discretion of the Executive Branch, starting with the neediest segments of the population. Everyone will be endowed with the unconditional right to receive an income that will be sufficient - as far as possible - to cover vital requirements. This is not a matter of charity or welfare, but rather an across-the-board right to share in the wealth of the nation. The rationality of this tool for ensuring real freedom and dignity for all is also examined here.
authors.affiliation: Senado Federal, Praça dos Três Poderes, Edifício Principal Ala Senador Dinarte Mariz, Brasília, DF. eduardo.suplicy@senador.gov.br
authors.forename: Eduardo Matarazzo
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Suplicy
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D012943:Social Security