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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by anxcv on Thursday July 30, 2020 @06:58AM (#23996717)
Prices are set by the government via zoning laws, sky high prices for new land and importing millions of new people like in Europe.

Where those in power comfortably sit in inherited properties and wonder why the plebs does not eat cake.

I believe in the free market, but the housing market is not free.

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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by WalterBright on Thursday July 30, 2020 @07:11AM (#23996793)
> Prices are set by the government via zoning laws

Zoning laws are not price fixing. Practically every dwelling in a zone has a different price on it, because of supply&demand.

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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by zo1 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @11:28AM (#23999285)
Zoning laws have a restrictive effect on supply, which in turn has an effect on prices.
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Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0 by WalterBright on Thursday July 30, 2020 @04:24PM (#24002478)
That's quite different from setting the prices.
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