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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by somethoughts on Thursday May 21, 2020 @08:10PM (#23267213)
I tend to agree - it should be Universal Basic Stuff (UBS). Particularly if housing is in a low cost of living area, then everything should get cheaper through automation. High End Manufactured housing [1], MOOCs, Telemedicine, Consumer Products will all get cheaper. Entrepreneurs in SV can create robots to automate the production of these things so even more UBS categories can be added. UBS assurances will avoid the inflationary effects of UBI.

[1] Factory OS is revolutionizing home construction. https://factoryos.com

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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by woah on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:52PM (#23268484)
Housing has been made artificially scarce by the small property owners (homeowners) who have the most to gain from the situation. The government could make housing 3x-5x cheaper in the space of a decade by greatly curtailing the authority of local zoning boards.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by aww_dang on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:32AM (#23268653)
Fannie Mae could auction off all of the foreclosed homes on their books. This would decrease the cost of housing immediately.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by somethoughts on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:35PM (#23273934)
I think the hope would be to avoid trying to build Universal Basic Stuff housing in areas of the high cost of living areas. Encourage everyone to not cram into the most expensive cities.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by foolinaround on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:42PM (#23268450)
who gets to live in more attractive areas? How different will it be from the current 'projects' living which subsidizes as well?
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by Czarcasm on Friday May 22, 2020 @01:13AM (#23268847)
Nobody is advocating for the removal of free markets in the existing housing market. They are advocating for the increase in the supply through removal in the artificial scarcity created by bad policy.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by somethoughts on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:38PM (#23273956)
The idea would be to spread people out and build new attractive areas.
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