I am against every situation where property is taken by force from the one who earned it and given to someone else, but being more pragmatic and understanding, that for the foreseeable future, there will be handouts, I would argue that getting rid of a every single government handout program and going to a very low paying UBI would be an improvement. It would get rid of the majority of government employees, reducing cost and people who benefit for voting for bigger government. It would be fair. Everyone would receive the same benefit. It would be easier to eliminate fraud. Of course this only works if the level of UBI meets the most basic needs, but makes the receiver very uncomfortable. If people are given enough to be comfortable, there will be little motivation to work. I agree with Benjamin Franklin who said (paraphrase), "The best thing we can do for the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their poverty."
Realistically, the chances of eliminating all other handouts (especially long term) and keeping UBI low are unlikely, but that would be the best option, assuming there has to be redistribution.
I will reiterate, that I don't want UBI or any redistribution scheme, but I try to be realistic about the near term while working towards long term freedom.
LibertyGal /
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2024-03-17 21:02:30
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