> most people are just too poor to afford them I think a resource consumption based tax model extends very neatly to a UBI model. One could think of as: "this

> most people are just too poor to afford them I think a resource consumption based tax model extends very neatly to a UBI model. One could think of as: "this is the basic resource consumption we allow each person" and it automatically generates demand for basic services everyone should be able to afford with their share of resources, while keeping a free market and allowing an economy on top with extra resources. Standard money could still be the means for value exchange, just taxing works differently.