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If healthcare, education, and housing were guaranteed, how do you think people’s daily lives would change?

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 @9TSVBD6from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

I don't believe the term communist has anything to do with those things. I believe government spending on those things can be a double edged sword.

 @9TTFZM4New Democraticfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

Set all Healthcare to a federal program that is competitive with the highest levels in the global standards and practices.

 @9TTDV9Ffrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

It allows for freedom of the working class to choose how they live their lives.

 @9TQZW7Cfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

it would be alot easier not as many people living on the streets

 @9TQWX6J from Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

i belive that many live would become better at the cost of some billionaire wealth whoard

 @9TTNVXFfrom Quebec  answered…2mos2MO

People would have more chances to love fulfilling lives than aren't entirely focused on just getting by until the next paycheque. Being able to pursue interests and gain the skills/education necessary for a job they might actually enjoy might would have a net positive on the mental health and productiveness of the country.

 @9TTHJVPfrom Nova Scotia  answered…2mos2MO

You could run the risk of a greater tax burden, but I had been consistently shown that under less pressure, humans engage in more art, culture, and social growth. Without the worries of constant payments, society could in theory grow rapidly. However, utopian societies rarely function, and there will always be those that can manipulate systems. Therefore is should be attempted without the expectation of success, if only to move the needle.

 @9TTCWJMfrom Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

It would be more positive and peoples state of health would be in less danger.

 @9TR8PRXfrom Ontario  answered…3mos3MO

people would be more free to peruse what they want instead of worrying about affording basic necessities

 @9TVQQC4from Alberta  answered…2mos2MO

Allows for more personal freedoms, if you increase overall quality of life, worker productivity increases, and society thrives.

 @9TTQDYZNew Democraticfrom British Columbia  answered…2mos2MO

Guarantees for survival only improve society as those who might struggle instead can participate in improving life for everyone.

 @carsonmyers from Maine  answered…3mos3MO

People would be more free to pursue a craft or specialty that suits them, or to engage in a variety of part-time activities to benefit their own and their community's well-being. I don't believe people need to be coerced to do work that needs to be done; when not in a downward spiral of barely managing to survive, people have enough room to consider what they would like to do, and what others would like for them to do.

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