JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhen 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'.message-squaremessage-square246fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1323arrow-down1message-squareWhen 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'.JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square246fedilinkfile-text
Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoRight, so this is market pricing at work. In order to fix this problem, we need to relax the suppression of new construction. Even if we don’t, however, if rents increase it will increase construction of new housing.
Right, so this is market pricing at work. In order to fix this problem, we need to relax the suppression of new construction.
Even if we don’t, however, if rents increase it will increase construction of new housing.