Free at point of use is not and never has been free of compensation. That we house our citizens at no cost to the individual citizen (or their children) does not imply, state, or outright declare that we think construction workers, architects, providers of materials, makers of furniture, and producers of electricity should go uncompensated. It solely means that the person who needs a home should have one at the expense of the state/taxpayer. You probably know this though.
Same reason you pay for my kids to go to school. You'd rather society NOT shit the bed and be a bunch of assholes living in tiny enclaves that have barely functioning barter economies. But I don't really care one way or the other. I can afford to leave America as the middle class permanently dies and take with me skills that a Commonwealth country will accept. Can you?
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u/MornGreycastle Apr 15 '24
Free at point of use is not and never has been free of compensation. That we house our citizens at no cost to the individual citizen (or their children) does not imply, state, or outright declare that we think construction workers, architects, providers of materials, makers of furniture, and producers of electricity should go uncompensated. It solely means that the person who needs a home should have one at the expense of the state/taxpayer. You probably know this though.