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Cities are the way they are because people are desperate for work and the income to survive and they are the only visible supply. Advocate for basic income. Sp
by blamestross 6y ago
Cities are the way they are because people are desperate for work and the income to survive and they are the only visible supply.
Advocate for basic income. Specifically basic income without any local cost of living adjustment. Address the source of the problem.
A basic income without CoL adjustment fundamentally breaks the system forcing people to cram themselves into cities and compete over resources. It will result in people who decide to rely on it leaving cities and moving to lower cost of living areas (revitalizing those areas too) if cities don't serve their needs.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoSo, provide basic income and then magically wave a wand over anything in finite supply to keep it from inflating in price?
- Igelau 6y ago> magically laws > wave a wand the guns that enforce the laws
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoAsk Venezuela how well their laws did at preventing inflation.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoLaws to keep things from inflating in price have a bad history of unintended consequences. Rent control in particular.
- blamestross 6y agoYes there will be inflation but it won't be unbounded and it won't be even everywhere. Cities will see increases faster because of higher demand, people on BI will have to move away from them. As long as BI is not locally CoL adjusted (Pinning to a National or State CoL value would be ok) supply and demand will adjust to the inflation.