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Re:Basic income is just the beginning as Finland looks to ci... by humanrebar on Saturday September 30, 2017 @05:51PM (#15375164)
> Transforming real-estate, from a system largely aimed at profits...

I think profits from productive use of land (rent, farming, logging, tourism, etc.) is fine. It's the speculation on family residences as if it they were an appreciating commodity (like gold or oil) that seems to be the current issue.

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Re:Basic income is just the beginning as Finland looks to ci... by godzillabrennus on Saturday September 30, 2017 @07:46PM (#15375589)
The free market meets demand better than any planned system.

Let it find a way to make a profit with allow free people to decide how to spend their minimal viable income.

Then again, I think the minimal viable income needs to be $30k/year to everyone. A reverse income tax if you will. This would spur more economic development than any other program the government has ever tried.

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Re:Basic income is just the beginning as Finland looks to ci... by kobeya on Saturday September 30, 2017 @08:31PM (#15375760)
The alternative is not necessarily a planned economy. Consider a Georgist land tax, for example.
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Re:Basic income is just the beginning as Finland looks to ci... by taysic on Saturday September 30, 2017 @09:37PM (#15375943)
How would that make land affordable to everyone? Seems like the opposite to me - since the tax would have to be high enough to replace all other taxes, land would be incredibly expensive.
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Re:Basic income is just the beginning as Finland looks to ci... by kobeya on Sunday October 01, 2017 @09:34PM (#15381107)
I never said that was a goal.
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