umadon

No, not all. For example not a positive right to healthcare.

UBI is transparently an attempt to redistribute tax income to private companies such that no opportunity for profit stays with or is limited by government. UBI would mean no more Medicare stipulations, no more existing conditions protections. Just your ten grand a year or whatever and a bunch of private companies who have what you need, at whatever price they set.

Sure, just weird that everyone is enamored of a "literary" truth at the expense of grown-up historical research.

I think this is the message the investor class is trying to send to ordinary people: "If we can't find a place to invest at a reasonable rate of return, we will find a way to loot your bank accounts."

UBI can also be inflated away to nothing. It's a neoliberal scam.

Maybe it's a bit gauche to comment first on your own link, but these quotes from the report seem most salient:

"In the long-term, widespread personal vehicle ownership does not appear to be compatible with significant decarbonization."

and

"The government should 'aim to reduce the number of vehicles required, for example by promoting and improving public transport; reducing its cost relative to private transport and encouraging vehicle usership in place of ownership,' add the MPs, stressing that the government ought to be 'encouraging and supporting increased levels of walking and cycling.'"