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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by direwolf20 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @06:44AM (#46933432)
Rent is defined as unearned income attracted by a dominant market position. If we wanted people to afford rent it'd be more efficient to set rent to zero by fiat.
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by devmor on Sunday February 08, 2026 @02:27PM (#46937603)
I agree, but UBI is far more likely to come to fruition than eliminating the majority of the US's largest asset-based speculative market.
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