Until theyre turned into oil and burned

I think those currently supporting Israel would very much welcome the US being a white ethnostate

Youre joking right?

What if we just leave a few small islands where they dont pay taxes and tie it to the condition of them living there. Then all the billionaires are in one place and become easy targets could potentially get into some accident

If you cant see how UBI has a bigger benefit for the poor than the rich, I dont even know what we are discussing here. Certainly not UBI.

You literally didnt read my comment. Are you arguing that 400$ income family will spend 1400$ after inflation hits? So a 2000$ income family will need 5000$ for their current lifestyle? Thats just nonsense.

I could paste my whole comment again explaining that UBI is not supposed to raise the standard of living for everyone, its supposed to shift from rich to poor, but you wont read it anyway so I wont bother anymore.

Enjoy the holidays.

I think you have a misunderstanding here. Theres no “more money”, its tax money that already exists. Its not printing money, its simply a shift from top to bottom.

That’s not what I said. I said inflation will just eat up any standard of living gains you think you will make.

This part cant be true. How much inflation do you think UBI would cause? Like 100%? That would mean a household with an income of 4000$ and 2500$ spendings per month would not be able to afford their current lifestyle because they would need 5000$. Doesnt seem realistic.

But even in that scenario, people who lived off of 300$/month before would have 1300$ while their spendings would only increase to 600$. Thats definitely a gain.

Exactly. The fear of everyone quitting their jobs because of 1000$ is baseless.

The people it really makes a difference for are those who already struggle surviving, to take away some of the stress and enable them to get their lives on track.

The goal of UBI isnt to “make everyone more wealthy instantly”, that would be unrealistic. So claiming it “doesnt work” because it doesnt make everyone 1000$ richer is just wrong.

One of the main goals is to help people with low/no income, who struggle to get their lives on track, by taking away the immense stress they experience from the struggle for survival. This could turn their downward spiral back upwards.

A months worth of groceries wont get 1000$ more expensive. For the median employee it might not make a difference as it might cancel out, for the rich probably neither, they arent really influenced by inflation. But it would have a huge impact on lower-income households.