if they just reduced the price of housing and certain goods you wouldn't need it
all UBI will do is exponentially increase the price on everything once the rich are taxed for it
Wait, you'd rather have the government step in and dictate the prices private enterprises are allowed to sell things for, rather than just simplify all our various existing social safety nets into one simple program that just gives people a check?
You realize the former is WAY more communist than the latter, right?
UBI would likely be woefully insufficient in simplifying social safety nets so you'd likely still need them in addition to UBI.
streamofthesky posted...
How is it being reduced, exactly?
All the property owners just come together and agree to lower their prices and make less money, for the good of the populace?
Or are you saying to have some computers decide for us what to charge for land and goods?
It'd have to be the government that does it.
In his defense, I will note that you have things like rent-control in cities to address issues like this. ---
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