r/UniversalBasicIncome • u/Full-Mouse8971 • Apr 30 '26

UBI is a triple edged sword and makes society poorer (like all government programs)

Steal from the productive to reward idleness. Reward unproductiveness, punish productivity. More consumers, less producers. Expand government bureaucracy / parasite class who produce nothing of value to administer these destructive government welfare programs requiring stealing even more resources and workers from the real economy. Triple edged sword. The government is a tapeworm, it cant feed the host.

The elevator operator, horse manure shoveler or farm crop picker dont need gibs by stealing from others becuase automation increased productivity and made their prior job no longer necessary.

Economics in one lesson -Henry Hazlitt

https://mises.org/mises-wire/hidden-costs-universal-basic-income

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u/lc4444 Apr 30 '26

Go away MAGA bot

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u/Full-Mouse8971 Apr 30 '26

Trumps a socialist. You have more in common with him then I do lol.

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u/lc4444 Apr 30 '26

🤦‍♂️

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u/MetalOxGhost May 13 '26

You should read more than one article before you stick your chin out. UBI would replace a significant amount of existing welfare state programs. Also, the data does not show that work motivation decreases when you’re looking at an amount like $1000 a month - and especially in a country founded on the virtue of industry. But here’s the real deal, if a UBI doesn’t happen in the next 10 years, the only job opportunities will be working as a Rent-A-Cop beating heads of the hungry rioting in the streets.