• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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      2 days ago

      I mean you could, but what would be the point if housing, healthcare, and food security were a right? UBI is just a bandage some billionaires advocate for just so they don’t have to pay for a working healthcare system

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          1 day ago

          I meant if housing, healthcare, and food were guaranteed, what would be the point of UBI?

          Politicians currently advocating for UBI are doing so as a replacement for things like universal healthcare, not in conjunction with it.

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              2 hours ago

              And that would go back to my response… What would be the point?

              A basic income is supposed to cover basic necessities, if those are already covered what is the point other than driving inflation and driving down productivity?