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> We need a BIG because it's not possible to "live off the land" by your own labor anymore in our society. An income is required for survival. This brings up a
by ahomescu1 13y ago
> We need a BIG because it's not possible to "live off the land" by your own labor anymore in our society. An income is required for survival.
This brings up an idea I had recently: how about a Basic Land Guarantee instead? You give everyone who asks some piece of fertile land, where they can move and start a farm. If they can't live decently in the big city, they could move to the countryside and support themselves.
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- kevingadd 13y agoEven if the US's population was half its current total I think you'd be hard-pressed to actually have everyone support themselves on independent farms in the countryside. Farming is HARD WORK, the expenses are numerous and unpredictable, and profit margins are slim. If you want to understand this more you should read up on the various farm subsidies and other programs currently in effect in the US, and maybe talk to some people who've lived in rural areas or actually operated farms.
- ihateloggingin 13y agoIt kind of sounds good but then you realize it's completely insane. Do you want to go back to pre-industrial agriculture?? That is a waste of land. There probably is not enough even land for it anymore; even if there were, it would mean a massive reduction in food production capacity. ...Unless you were going to allow people to pool their land and farm it using industrial methods. So they could exchange their land for shared stock in an agricultural corporation. The corporation would sell the produce, and distribute the resulting funds as dividends... oh wait it's a Basic Income!