Re:Finland is scrapping plans to extend its basic income pro...
by icebraining on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:42AM
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A random lottery for high demand low supply places.
So a bunch of people with no ties to SF will get a place for free that they'll sublet (and then live somewhere else). How does this not distort the market?
When you’re giving stuff away you always have to accept people wasting it.
So much for saving money with those economics of scale.
Considering it’s the only basic car people can get I doubt they will just sell it off so easily.
There's always a buyer if it's cheap enough. The State buys for $10000, the person sells for $500, then the distributor sells it Latin America or Africa for $2000.
Plus regulation can easily block export of basic cars.
Legal export, sure. Illegal, not really. And especially if the owner is complicit.
So a bunch of people with no ties to SF will get a place for free that they'll sublet (and then live somewhere else). How does this not distort the market?
When you’re giving stuff away you always have to accept people wasting it.
So much for saving money with those economics of scale.
Considering it’s the only basic car people can get I doubt they will just sell it off so easily.
There's always a buyer if it's cheap enough. The State buys for $10000, the person sells for $500, then the distributor sells it Latin America or Africa for $2000.
Plus regulation can easily block export of basic cars.
Legal export, sure. Illegal, not really. And especially if the owner is complicit.