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Have there been any UBI plans designed to avoid warping politics? It seems politically impossible to lower (see Alaska’s challenges [1]) and too attractive for politicians to increase in order to easily win votes.

[1] https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-perfect/2019/9/5/208...

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Also easy for landlords to take advantage of. With over time cost of living increasing to take advantage of the higher price-floor.

Land Value Tax would fix this problem: http://gameofrent.com/content/is-land-a-big-deal

UBI without LVT is probably inflationary, but LVT would provide a pretty natural mechanism for funding such a thing, and is the natural policy for preventing it from causing inflation, particularly in the housing sector.

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