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>Any studies involving UBI need to have malicious actors as a part of the study. Yes, and no. Of course there will be some low form of abuse and whatever.. th
by mrlala 6y ago
>Any studies involving UBI need to have malicious actors as a part of the study.
Yes, and no.
Of course there will be some low form of abuse and whatever.. that is just a given with anything in the entire world. It should NOT be a main reason of any form to be against it.
We are trying to help people, so what if it's getting a little bit abused? We as a whole are still better off.
It's like a universal healthcare argument.. people might say "well what if someone from mexico sneaks in and get care for free?? I'm paying for that!" If the worst case is that someone gets health treatment... then it's a pretty silly argument in my book.
- umvi 6y agoWhat if the worst case for UBI is that it, counter-intuitively, increases the income gap between low and middle classes? Is it still worth it then?
- Dylan16807 6y agoThat's a tricky one. It depends on how it affects the relationship with the upper class too. Completely unreal example numbers: If the distribution of lower:middle:upper was 2:5:40 and changes to 4:8:25 then that's a big improvement, even though the gap between lower and middle increased from 3 to 4.
- mrlala 6y agoOf course not- and that has nothing to do with the situation I was talking about. I was giving an example where the worst case was still "good" overall. You are giving an example where the worst case is "bad" overall.. so, duh?