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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by bryanlarsen on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:25PM (#29969830)
Housing: UBI lets you move somewhere cheap, eliminating the leverage that landlords hold, letting housing prices go down.

Food: Foods are commodities, meaning that the price is the marginal cost. The price of a bushel of rice is set by the buyer, not the seller.

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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by listenallyall on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:31PM (#29969938)
You've learned nothing the past two years
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Re:Basic income would not reduce people’s willingness to work by bryanlarsen on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:41PM (#29970097)
I didn't learn that food prices go up during a global drought because I knew that already.
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