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I think that regulating this system would possibly lead to more government. You would have to regulate the minimum standards, and believe it or not regulating many companies is extremely difficult. Its a lot easier to regulate individuals (i.e. taxpayers) than organizations (exxonmobil).
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I'm not sure what you are getting at - what needs to be regulated that does not already exist? The basic premise is that you give people enough money to ensure their own minimum standards, ie food, shelter and health care if they desire. Every citizen gets this cash in hand. If they choose to substitute this for a $20,000 per year crack habit and live in the street, that is a market based decision. One of the key ideas behind the entire system is that personal responsibility is missing from modern western societies, and this type of government role brings it back. I'm not even sure I think that it could possibly work - I just found it a well done book that makes you think about different ways of doing things.