A Basic Deal

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"Right from life's beginnings, we should be able to ensure that everyone can meet their essential needs and have a reasonable opportunity to pursue their dreams, recover from their stumbles and live out their days with dignity."
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Perspective | Life, liberty and the pursuit of a universal safety net for all Americans The current approach to helping our most vulnerable is inadequate and unjust. We can change that by meeting everyone's basic needs.

Meet the author of A Basic Deal, Tom Teicher. For 10 years Tom served as the Housing Contracts Manager at Downtown Emergency Service Center, a nonprofit agency that helps reduce homelessness in Seattle. For the 12 years prior to that, he was the Executive Director of Interaction Transition, an organization that helps ex-felons re-integrate into the community upon their release from prison. Tom received a bachelor's degree from Kenyon College, a law degree from Vanderbilt University, and an MBA from the University of Washington. A native of New York City and its environs, Tom now resides in Seattle, WA.