if the government just implements UBI starting from tomorrow, without changing anything else, rents will creep up until the UBI amount becomes practically irrelevent, and the goals of UBI will fail. in the end it'll be another transfer of public money to landlords.
we need to implement UBI *and* establish universal housing and rent controls and tax the shit out of landlords. UBI isn't a magic wand that will solve the problems of late stage capitalism on its own.
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