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They're wrong, those problem can be solved simply by paying out the UBI more often in smaller amounts like a paycheck. Means testing leads to expensive bureauc
by gnaritas 9y ago
They're wrong, those problem can be solved simply by paying out the UBI more often in smaller amounts like a paycheck. Means testing leads to expensive bureaucracies and wasted money. UBI is meant to end that, not supplement it.
- dragonwriter 9y agoWhether they are right or wrong about the need, the fact is that there is a sizable contingent of UBI supporters that do believe certain other programs are necessary. It is not at all the case that UBI is promoted universally, or even overwhelmingly, as a complete replacement for the welfare state, or even a complete replacement for simply the means-tested compobebts of the welfare state.
- gnaritas 9y agoOf course, because UBI itself isn't an accepted concept yet; once it becomes one, the natural result of rolling it out will be the elimination of all other welfare programs in favor of the UBI. It's a better abstraction, and good abstractions displace bad ones eventually.