> If you add the UBI to their income they'll be hugely better off and they might even be able to choose Maybe, maybe not. For clarity, I am a fan of UBI. But

> If you add the UBI to their income they'll be hugely better off and they might even be able to choose Maybe, maybe not. For clarity, I am a fan of UBI. But I'd like to run through a hypothesis about an adverse effect. If you add the UBI and costs go up accordingly, the real, marginal benefit they can obtain by working for $3.25 an hour will actually decrease. This means someone who is in circumstances where they can currently earn a meagre income to tip the balance to being able to make ends meet in that circumstance, will find their ability to work the same amount in a UBI world will not tip the balance to being able to make ends meet. In other words they will be pushed to change circumstance, towards more work and/or lower cost. E.g. move somewhere cheaper, work more hours. This does not sound like a net benefit for the already impoverished. It sounds like a trap, because low-wage working will provide less marginal benefit to change what people can afford when they are stuck.