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Because it doesn’t make economic sense. If you give all people money, ostensibly to make them not poor, you’ll just cause inflation and they’ll be poor again.

I’m not opposed to basic housing and/or food instead - those are much simpler, as there is finite demand (in contrast to money), which can be planned for and satisfied.




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