I think you'll find that to be true in most discussions about UBI, even those backed by conservative economists like Charles Murray. As for economically conser

I think you'll find that to be true in most discussions about UBI, even those backed by conservative economists like Charles Murray. As for economically conservative discussion about redistribution, I think Greg Mankiw had one of the best summaries of the matter in 2013 "Defending the One Percent" https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mankiw/files/defending_the_one_percent.pdf https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mankiw/files/defending_the... Ultimately the question of whether to redistribute or not is as normative, just like considering taxes to be inherently immoral. So far societies have enjoyed the former more than the latter, but individuals fall on both sides.