Also the theory behind the U in UBI is that it's less expensive to give it to everybody.
But won't 'everybody' includes illegal immigrants from other countries too?
Well, it will unless you increase a lot the budget of the border police..
I question how much money the government would actually save in administration costs compared to how much more they would have to pay out.
I also question how enthusiastic the UBI proponents would be when it actually comes time to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, and other welfare programs. Are they really going to tell someone with disabilities "tough luck" when the normal UBI amount is not sufficient for their medical care? I'm sure they would respond with some kind of adjustment for special needs, but at that point we loop right back around to having a bureaucracy administer payments with different amounts for different levels of need.
I think that why so many supports UBI is that there are different UBIs for some it is a replacement for welfare programs, for it is a complement to these welfare programs..
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Also the theory behind the U in UBI is that it's less expensive to give it to everybody. But won't 'everybody' includes illegal immigrants from other countries too? Well, it will unless you increase a lot the budget of the border police..
I question how much money the government would actually save in administration costs compared to how much more they would have to pay out.
I also question how enthusiastic the UBI proponents would be when it actually comes time to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, and other welfare programs. Are they really going to tell someone with disabilities "tough luck" when the normal UBI amount is not sufficient for their medical care? I'm sure they would respond with some kind of adjustment for special needs, but at that point we loop right back around to having a bureaucracy administer payments with different amounts for different levels of need.
I think that why so many supports UBI is that there are different UBIs for some it is a replacement for welfare programs, for it is a complement to these welfare programs..