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>> > Are you willing to let people starve to death? > How is this any different from how things work now? Now there are specific (and often means-tested) welf
by lelanthran 2y ago
>> > Are you willing to let people starve to death?
> How is this any different from how things work now?
Now there are specific (and often means-tested) welfare benefits available to people. Replacing all of those benefits with a single (non-means-tested) cash payment because:
>>> Any sane UBI replaces most, if not all, other benefit programs.
means you have to be ready to let other people die for your principles.
- phatskat 2y agoI get what you mean, and I don’t think the two can’t coexist. Some benefits like SNAP would probably go away - what’s the difference in $500 for food vs the lump of UBI? If you’re getting $4k/month, then the need for those specific benefits goes away. If you’re disabled, UBI doesn’t need to replace your disability benefits, but could supplement it. Imagine having that $2k/month for disability on top of the $4k for UBI: people could actually focus that $2k on treatment instead of just using it to barely get by.