UBI: but only for small businesses

UBI, but only for small businesses.

A survival income for businesses that already exist and keep a place alive, but can't win on pure profit.

My list:

🏘️ Last grocery shop in a village

💊 Small-town pharmacy

👞 Shoe and watch repair

📚 Independent bookshop

🥖 Local bakery

🔧 Village mechanic, plumber, electrician

🎹 Piano tuner, tailor, bike repair

📻 Electronics and hi-fi repair (right-to-repair angle ⚡)

✂️ Barber in a town of 800 people

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The rule behind them: social value is bigger than profit. When they close, the town loses more than a business. It loses a reason to stay.

Pay the baker who keeps a town alive, or pay freeloaders to stay home. Which one is the better deal?