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@9F7F777 DisagreementsCounter Argument1yr ago

If we implement affordable housing more people can spend more money on consumer goods, thus bringing an era of prosperity to Canada.

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 @9FFFNS6from British Columbia  disagreed…1yr1Y

what the opponents are argung is that it's a lot like ubi - give everyone a universal basic income (or something like that, in this case affordable housing) and there's literally no difference from giving them SNAP or other food stamps, in the case of the united states. the argument i'm trying to make, however, is that government needs to be able to control for market inefficiencies (this is particularly true in the case of medicaid, which, as a single-payer system is more effective than multi-payer systems in general.) government involvement needs to be minimalized except to…  Read more

 @9FF69BVfrom Alberta  agreed…1yr1Y

I agree, but it is important to note the systemic problem that the housing market is only so big and so expensive because of both inflation, and how within cities and provinces there, a specific rules that prevent multilevel housing plans to preserve “aesthetics”

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