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When talking to people who dislike UBI about UBI, they'll often say both that 'people need a purpose in life' and that 'nobody will work if they get free money'. (lemm.ee)
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Those seem incompatible to me.

(UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 8 months ago

If I'm earning $12,000 more a year I could just buy a house. The reason that house ownership is low is because people can't afford it, but house prices aren't affected by the whims of landlords, they're affected by availability. They can't really be artificially modified.

[-] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

really, so now down payments don't exist? Also housing prices are not affected by availability as much as you might think. source

I smell a liberal lol

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