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by travisjungroth 1116 days ago
I think it’s harder for people to see it that way when there’s means testing. Also when you’re at the just-better-than free tier, but paying full price.

I think that’s the nice thing about UBI. It’s a little different to rail against u employed people getting $1,000 a month when you’re also getting $1,000 a month.

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UBI won't answer the problem of RENT. The rent will always rise to pickup the new headroom until there is no longer headroom. All the profit will go to the rent seekers who leave nothing for anyone to get ahead.
With UBI though, you can move to a much cheaper location and live there.
There seems to be a lot of housing going unused in declining job markets, and I hope UBI makes it feasible for people to use it more.