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Originally Posted by rubecube
It's a better system than EI, and if you asked most people on disability, they'd probably take it over the absolute ####show that disability is, too. I'd wager most people on welfare would prefer it to welfare as well.
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That's the problem - there are so many 'targeted' programs that administering them all can be nothing but a bureaucratic mess.
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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Economic mobility is about more than just keeping up with the Joneses, if people can only afford the basics and jobs don’t provide an opportunity to improve your situation beyond buying trinkets I’m not sure how we’re any better off with UBI. Just because you give someone enough money to pay for their rent, food, etc doesn’t mean they’re going to spend it on that.
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Is there anything in place to guarantee someone spends their current government supplements on rent, food, etc?
I can't fathom thinking a bunch of smaller supplements are better, easier or anything positive than a single, larger UBI payment.