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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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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You must live in VENEZUELA or some other SOCIAMIST HELLHOLE!

Americans have the freedom to literally arbitrarily raise the rent to whatever they like YEEEEEEHAW!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Okay let’s say I own a condo and I’m renting it out. I raise the rent to a million dollars a month.

What happens next?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the location but most likely demand will be zero.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

So I don’t get my million dollars a month??