▲ 324 ▼ 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) submitted 2 years ago by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 246 comments fedilink hide all child comments Those seem incompatible to me. (UBI means Universal Basic Income, giving everyone a basic income, for free)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent