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by al_biglan 3596 days ago
This. One other thing I might suggest is some sort of variable cost model where every person gets 1 unit of water per day for free and then consumption above that scales up. Most people will consume more than the bare minimum to survive (lets say the unit is 2 liters). Doing this raises the base for everyone to be able to contribute to society yet still collects money needed for infrastructure costs, etc. ) One we have some of the utilities under this system, things like health care would be nice follow-ons.