The math doesn't work out for UBI.

Would you like to elaborate why the math doesn't work out? An article explaining your position would be nice, but I'd settle for some broad gestures.

	▲	WalterBright 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		342,000,000 people in the US. Multiply by $10,000/yr. Cost of UBI: 3,420,000,000,000 Where is $3.5 trillion going to come from?

joquarky 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

UBI will become at least as complicated as federal taxes. Perverse incentives will creep in.

Paying people to not work will never work.

It's working in the farm bills for a hundred years.

	▲	WalterBright 42 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Paying people to not work accomplishes what?