My point is that if the government wants to, it will - regardless of UBI. There’s no reason to believe that it will be used more if there is a UBI (it doesn’t s

My point is that if the government wants to, it will - regardless of UBI. There’s no reason to believe that it will be used more if there is a UBI (it doesn’t seem anything stopped them other than their own restraint in the past). But UBI helps a large portion of the population and streamlines a number of social payment programs to reduce overhead. So I see obvious benefits, but no reason to believe from your comment that this potential drawback would be increased if UBI existed.