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We already have UBI. Social security disability, TSA, Federal and State Workers in education and "general services".

• rsoto2 2y ago
  No we do not. None of those are UBI and are not universally distributed.
• rsoto2 2y ago
  We don't even have single payer healthcare my dawg. The "u" in ubi is for universal.
• jghn 2y ago
  TSA, and to a large extent the US Military as well, is just a jobs program that avoids triggering the median American's aversion to "socialism". The others that you mentioned aren't this. And the point of "U" is "Universal", which isn't at all what you said.
• Cthulhu_ 2y ago
  Those are federal services, that's not the same as UBI. The premise of UBI (in my limited understanding of it) is that, especially in more socialist countries, you can get rid of a lot of programs that support the poor / sick / etc in favor of a system where everyone gets the same amount, and the bureaucratic systems in place that check to make sure people are entitled to these benefits can be dissolved. For example, I live in the Netherlands which according to Americans is a really socialist country; if you lose your job from getting fired, you are entitled to unemployment benefits. However, only if you prove you are actively looking for a different job, if you don't or can't prove that, you get shorted. There's the dole (bijstand), but a lot of counties put a lot of conditions on there; some even told people to grab some tools and get to work on maintaining the public spaces as part of keeping their benefits. Which is employment, which should mean they get a contract and wage, worker's rights, etc.