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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @05:44AM (#41044302)
$1000 can be a difference between living in a shitty apartment 2 hours drive to work and a nice apartment 10 min walk to work.

I was working as a home assistant and learning C++, took me a year before getting a programming job this way. Could have been much shorter if I had $1000.

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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by sanp on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @05:48AM (#41044321)
The problem is rent will go up when everyone can afford that extra 1000. Unless you build more housing UBI will just inflate housing costs
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Re:OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study's first findings av... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:08AM (#41044420)
Sure, but rent will not increase by $1000 - most people don't rent, they will spend it on something else. Of course, need to build more housing, or learn to live more compactly - an average American occupies several times more floor space than most other people in the world.
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