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That's kind of flawed thinking though. If you link UBI to the 'average living cost' - it means landlords can raise prices ad infinitum.
by qu4ku 9y ago
That's kind of flawed thinking though. If you link UBI to the 'average living cost' - it means landlords can raise prices ad infinitum.
- kobeya 9y agoYes, that’s my point. The BI proposal is flawed as it leads to hyperinflation.
- freeflight 9y agoBut that's not an issue with UBI but rather with landlords having such free reigns over the rents they are charging. Rent control and protection of tenant rights are ongoing issues, especially in countries where renting is the prevalent mode of living, as such many countries governments are trying plenty of approaches. The issue with the US being that it's a rather touchy subject to discuss, but its nonetheless relevant because more U.S. households are renting than at any point in the previous 50 years [0] So a discussion about that particular topic is most certainly needed, but you can't expect UBI to fix every single problem on its own, no solution is ever as simple as that. [0] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/19/more-u-s-households-are-renting-than-at-any-point-in-50-years/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/19/more-u-s-hou...