The idea was proposed by two Democrats, so you know it has zero chance in this administration. We couldn’t even get our student loans forgiven.

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    We know it works. Why the pilot? Just fucking do it. They managed to do it during COVID. If we’re going to spend all this money anyway why the hell not. 7.2 trillion a year. It’ll cause inflation, sure. But there are advantages to devaluing currency as well.

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      “We” don’t know it works. Read these comments, they’re full of hand-waving pseudo economics that assume perfectly spherical landlords.