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One doesn’t necessarily lead to the other. You can easily run universal social programs that don’t have means testing. You don’t need to replace them with UBI.
by eli 6y ago
One doesn’t necessarily lead to the other. You can easily run universal social programs that don’t have means testing. You don’t need to replace them with UBI.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoYou could, but why would you? All those programs do is create economic distortions and inefficiency. If you give people housing vouchers, it inflates housing costs and prevents people who need things other than housing more than they need housing from getting what they need. If you give people money and they need housing, they buy housing; if they need something else, they buy something else.
- ReactiveJelly 6y agoRight. Money is political power, and it's as fungible as power can be. UBI / NIT is saying, "Let's give power directly to poor people."