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We won’t. Even for retirement schemes, there is not enough money; retirement age is rising, the future is bleak. UBI is basically a lifetime retirement scheme; it requires 10x more resources and completely unsustainable.


That depends what you mean by "enough money".

If more than half of the population makes at least double what they need to keep themselves from starvation, then you could argue there is enough money.

In short, your disagreement with the GP is probably due to a disagreement about the lifestyle that UBI is supposed to afford its recipients.

Those in power might determine that the bare minimum UBI to avoid violent revolution is something like $5000 per year.


Starvation is not a problem in the developed countries (and most of the developing world). Food is cheap.

Housing, healthcare and education are the problems, but $5000 per year are not nearly enough for any of that.


It's absolutely enough for housing if you squeeze in.

Healthcare and education are problems, but I'm not sure they're enough to provoke a revolution when everyone is otherwise well-fed and sheltered from the elements.




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