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[-] Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 5 months ago

The problem I have with UBI is say I get a hundred bucks a week from it, there's not a single thing stopping my landlord, or my utility companies, or local supermarkets, or anyone in this godforsaken system from just raising their prices to siphon it all away.

We don't need universal income, we need universal services. Garaunteed housing, food, public transport, healthcare, everything needed to sustain atleast a basic standard of living so we're not constantly in fear of whether the last month of 70 hour work weeks is going to be enough to keep of the streets and keep food on the table.

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Tie it to inflation and end taxes on individuals... It makes no sense to distribute UBI and then tax it. Just tax the whole bill for society to the corporations. That incentivizes corporations to put pressure on each other to keep prices down and make products that last. There are definitely some industries that should be owned by the state though.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

In theory, we live in a competitive market where entities can't arbitrarily raise prices

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