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It will take some, but not all. That's the refutation. The problem isn't the idea that some cost-of-living things will increase in response to UBI. It's a defe
by beat 7y ago
It will take some, but not all. That's the refutation.
The problem isn't the idea that some cost-of-living things will increase in response to UBI. It's a defeatist "What's the point, the landlords will get it all" attitude that doesn't take into account the complexity of what people spend on and the supply/demand relationships of those things.
- novok 7y agoWhat I am saying is before or when a national UBI program is created, a national law making things like zoning restrictions illegal would also need to be implemented. Kind of like japanese zoning: http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/04/japanese-zoning.html A couple of other (bad) examples is how national health plans are implemented in other countries, making things like being exempt from the national healthcare system illegal. Or the insurance mandate from obamacare. I'm not saying UBI shouldn't be implemented in a why bother manor, I'm saying you need both if it's going to be an effective system. If you don't, you will significantly reduce it's effectiveness.
- beat 7y agoIt's probably unconstitutional to eliminate zoning restrictions from the federal level. And even if it's possible, it would be political suicide, and even if it happened, it would have a lot of unintended consequences.