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pempem on Aug 8, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Food, housing, & health care costs are a source of...

Food and housing would get more more expensive but also food and housing are getting more expensive without this redistribution

onlyrealcuzzo on Aug 8, 2025 [–]

The impact would be - subsidized people would find food and housing more affordable, and non-subsidized people would find it more expensive.

Instead of making housing ACTUALLY more affordable - you're just shifting the burden onto the lowest non-subsidized quantiles.

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