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rob05c · 3900 days ago · link · · parent · post: 5 reasons to consider a no-strings-attached, basic income for all Americans
As someone who fully supports BI, I say, unreservedly, we should not maintain these expensive, inefficient social programs for the minority who are too foolish to buy food and shelter with their BI. And research increasingly suggests it is a minority. BI also doesn't preclude non-monetary social programs, such as addiction treatment and money management classes.How does this prevent people from squandering the UBI money on non-necessities and then still requiring welfare?
It doesn't. If you get your BI check and immediately blow it at the casino, you don't eat that week. One of the benefits of BI is the dissolution of unemployment, food stamps, welfare, and every other inefficient social welfare program.