> Some advocates for UBI might argue that the study shows participants were better off, despite the decline in working hours and earnings. Indeed, maybe that's

> Some advocates for UBI might argue that the study shows participants were better off, despite the decline in working hours and earnings. Indeed, maybe that's the whole point? Indeed. People who are against welfare programs may enjoy my "selfish reason to be pro-welfare": If we had a more effective welfare system, be it UBI or anything else, I would never ever ever feel guilty again about not donating to panhandlers and not offering to help any of my family members. Imagine a world where healthcare functioned, people were broadly taken care of, and I could just laugh at the charities who beg mostly-broke people for money to take care of fully-broke people.