I never said it was fair, just that that was a benefit of it. Also, an alternative is a higher tax rate but use a UBI so poor people always have an effective n

I never said it was fair, just that that was a benefit of it. Also, an alternative is a higher tax rate but use a UBI so poor people always have an effective negative tax rate. Constant offset, multiplicative tax rate. Ensures a floor of income such that people can always survive and that there are always consumers.