>The idea behind UBI is that we can now afford it because we have abundance of resources to support it. If that were the case, these resources would be availabl

>The idea behind UBI is that we can now afford it because we have abundance of resources to support it. If that were the case, these resources would be available without the need to coerce business owners out of their money. This isn't true. Think about providing clean water, to the world. That's estimated at $10 billion/yr back in 2000, probably $20B/yr now with inflation(1). We spent almost $19B/yr on bottled water(2), which is usually taken from public water sources that the companies very little for, ~$2/million liters(3). This is not a reason to coerce businesses of their money, more that we do have the resources, but need to use/distribute it more wisely. 1:http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/23/world/price-of-safe-water-for-all-10-billion-and-the-will-to-provide-it.html http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/23/world/price-of-safe-water-... 2:http://www.wsj.com/articles/water-water-everywherein-bottles-1440581400 http://www.wsj.com/articles/water-water-everywherein-bottles... 3:http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2015/04/02/nestle-wades-into-purest-form-of-water-risk/ http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2015/04/02/nestle-wad...