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RE: Property rights and Basic Income - A viable solution is possible
The problem is the definition of Minimum is all relative. It is also centrally planned and inflexible.
Those among us who are unable to budget for 30 days at a time can receive daily payouts.
This is why I said "community" and not govern-cement. This doesn't work well as a centrally planned thing. But each community building a sets of minimum-condos is some of the cheapest social work that could be done. A heated room that is about the size of two beds is all anyone needs. (That they can go out and make money and buy/rent something better is also essential)
Community equals tiny houses. Govern-cement equals jail cells.
I don't know how to put this nicely. You haven't worked with homeless.
Giving money out doesn't work. Many don't even know how to keep track of it. A bank account is foreign concept that you will never be able to adequately explain. It really doesn't work.
And, payouts just ignore a huge problem with people. Like the elderly homeless couple that gets a social security check once a month, and gets beaten up once a month for that check.
Yes, it is so much easier to throw money at the situation. But, as a community, solving this problem really requires supplying the basics.
Your 300 millions little rooms compare to what we currently spend on subsidized housing was very stimulating intellectually as well as the daily meal.
I do agree with Dan when he talks about daily payouts. I think something like a hardware Bitshares wallet could be handed out and daily payout could be made through it. This would ensure only a set amount of daily meal is distributed.
I used Bitshares as currency due to to its ability to create crypto assets.