Adequate Income Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Adequate Income Act - Declares that people are on welfare because they are unable to support themselve in any other way. Declares the poverty line to be totally inadequate as an objective standard measure of what a family needs to live on, and that it is not a reasonable measure of basic money needs for a good diet. Declares the moderate food plan to be the minimum objective standard for a nutritionally adequate diet, and that to meet this standard a family of four must have $6,500 per year to live on. Grants all eligible persons the right to an adequate income. Makes eligible any person who resides in the United States, either as a citizen or a resident alien and who is not confined in a penal institution. Provides that such eligible person or filer is able to file a claim for an income supplement for himself and any other persons who are included in his family unit. Entitles a filer to additional payments for each additional member of his family unit and requires that the income of all the members of the unit be included in the family unit income. Prescribes rules for male filers as follows: a man is a filer if he is at least 18 years old or married. Requires that a male filer in…