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> You just get your UBI, done And what about the people that waste their UBI and can't afford to pay the rent or for food? The existing social safety nets can'

• gremlinsinc 9y ago
  Have one stipulation: To collect UBI you must have a physical address for the check to be mailed to. You must have a residence. This at the very least ensures that they cover their rent and would allow us to redirect money for homeless shelters back into the UBI system somehow.
• GuB-42 9y ago
  People who are irresponsible can be counselled or, in extreme cases, assigned a legal guardian. UBI doesn't change much in that case.
• dragonwriter 9y ago
  > And what about the people that waste their UBI and can't afford to pay the rent or for food? What do you do with people that waste their welfare benefits and can't afford to pay their subsidized (but non-zero) rent, or who sell their food stamps and can't afford food? The present programs, despite their high overhead of administration, don't solve this problem either. > The existing social safety nets can't go away, otherwise people who are irresponsible with their UBI will be left to starve, etc. Except that existing social safety net programs do not actually address this problem effectively. (Food banks and homeless shelters provide some mitigation and would certainly still be needed, but those aren't the kinds of programs UBI is usually promoted as replacing.)