My take is that this is basically what inflation is. Use the money for something useful, or it becomes worthless. This is basically the principal behind unive

My take is that this is basically what inflation is. Use the money for something useful, or it becomes worthless. This is basically the principal behind universal basic income; adding more money to the pool by sending everyone a monthly check devalues the existing supply of money. If you have a billion dollars stuck in a savings account, the purchasing power of that billion goes down, incentivizing you to use it on something useful. That hurts you more the more money you have. As for prices increasing because of inflation; that's the beauty of mailing everyone a check. That takes care of that problem at the level of basic needs (food, medical care, housing, transportation), but not at the level of private jet flights being subsidized.