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I’m typically very skeptical of UBI due to the economics on a grand scale, but I am super impressed that the group who received an up front payment went from the lowest demographic who owned or rented to the highest. I am in favor of the approach, but need convinced it wouldn’t be disproportionately taken advantage of.
Isn’t the whole point of UBI that there isn’t anything to “take advantage of”?