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My issue with it is that you haven’t run trials with people min-maxing how to squeeze people for their UBI checks. As a start, just raising rent until it eats all the UBI
You can’t just arbitrarily raise the rent to whatever you like.
It depends on local regulations. There's no federal law that limits the rent increase, if given notice. Like I'm pretty sure NYC has some kind of rent control, but at least here in Oklahoma it's not common.
Edit: I found this, and I now feel worse
That's insane! The law of the land is that you can't ban things that limit profit for those with capital. It reminds me of a law that prevents gun bans in Atlanta, GA.
We have law in the entire USA making gun bans illegal, actually.