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I’m an opponent of UBI and it has literally nothing to do with how they spend it. That’s their business and they know how to spend their own money. This experi

I’m an opponent of UBI and it has literally nothing to do with how they spend it. That’s their business and they know how to spend their own money. This experiment is not answering questions that (reasonable, at least) detractors actually have.

SamWhited 6y ago
It's not about it being their business or somebody else's business, it's about good scientific methodology. If they hoard it that does different things to the local economy than if they spend it on luxuries vs if they spend it on rent, etc. Knowing roughly what income brackets spend how much on what is helpful when deciding if this can work and help people, if it's just a waste of money, if it works up to a point but then anything over that point is mostly a waste, etc. this is how science works. See my other longer answer in this thread for slightly more detail.