I've always looked at UBI from that angle. In order to fund it you essentially take the first $X from ALL of the other equivalent services. IMO this would gut

I've always looked at UBI from that angle. In order to fund it you essentially take the first $X from ALL of the other equivalent services. IMO this would gut programs like Social Security enough that they could actually be reformed. Right now if you talk about reforming any of them, scare politics are used because it's a singular threat to a person's livelyhood. If you look at your monthly check and see $800 from UBI and $200 from Social Security, all of a sudden that gets a lot less scary.