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My idea of an alternative would be Basic Land: everyone who is poor/starving can get some free fertile land to work (enough to sustain a family). That way, they
by ahomescu1 12y ago
My idea of an alternative would be Basic Land: everyone who is poor/starving can get some free fertile land to work (enough to sustain a family). That way, they can become self-sufficient and live off their own work.
There are some extra issues with this, but I think they can be fixed. One would be housing: the land would also have to come with a house, and maybe transportation.
- gte910h 12y agoWhile farmland is incredibly cheap in the US, small farms are on a boom-bust cycle basically tied to luck and the weather. Modern farming is also very dirty to the surrounding watershed.