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Seems like you're mixing up two arguments. Is the problem the cost, or the particular things provided? If the latter, who gets to decide what's essential and w

• chubot 11y ago
  The problem is the cost... If we can't pay for people's health care, I wonder why we think we can pay for everyone's living expenses. Suppose one person needs $100K to survive. Is it moral to let that person die, and instead give $10K to 10 people as basic income? That's a real resource allocation decision that has to be made. I will consider the argument that the government would be less efficient at providing food and shelter than giving people the money to do so... that could possibly be true on a large scale.