Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
In the USSR, the government controlled the means of production. That is not what I proposed here. Food, shelter, and healthcare would still be privately owned, the government would just pay to buy a certain amount of those items to distribute to the populace. Do you have any other examples of where this has been tried with an otherwise capitalistic society?
Of course there isnt going to be an exact copy of this. What I meant is that govt provided necessities to the populace.