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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by gruez on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:17AM (#11841395)
>Consider, for brevity, a mortgage where the monthly or yearly payment, including taxes, is equal to the rent you would be paying for the same place.

That's hardly always true

Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by vidarh on Sunday June 05, 2016 @11:42AM (#11841506)
And if it is, you should do the maths and consider if you can afford becoming a landlord, because it means there's potentially room for yields well above normal (but beware the likely incoming flood of other landlords once people realise).