If some people can live with $1,500/month, how come other receive so much and for what?
I guess it's related to "capitalism", "liberatism" or whatever. But please can someone explain to me like I'm five ?
Of course, plenty of people get money in ways that doesn't align with this ideal, but as an entrepreneur, that's the way I think about things and I have no problem with receiving $1m a month if I do so by saving others money and/or providing them with goods or services that they choose to purchase and that makes them happy.
Some people might be happy living a simple life, some may want the fancy house and car, or want to travel whenever they can.
Those who have a monthly mortgage payment of $9000. Substract $500 (or more if the government doesn't help you with their costs) for each child in your household.
Say I earn nothing, then a UBI of $100/month comes in; I have increased my income by an infinite percentage.
Say I earn $10,000 and the same UBI comes in, I have increased my income by 1%.
This results in a general flattening of the income v. population percentile curve, effectively flatting out income differentials and promoting equality.
Things do go haywire if the governing thought is "everyone should get enough money to buy an X" in some scenario where there are Y people and (Y-1) Xs floating around. It doesn't matter how much money people have if there are not enough goods.