The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets of the poor

Re:The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets... by adrianN on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:54AM (#23244031)

As was mentioned at the start of this thread, there would be the danger that UBI is inflated away to meaninglessness if all current minimum wage jobs started paying sufficiently more to attract people. How could we prevent that without ubiquitous automation being available yet?

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Re:The evidence behind putting money directly in the pockets... by triceratops on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:07AM (#23244109)

> there would be the danger that UBI is inflated away to meaninglessness

If that's true, doesn't it also mean UBI won't cost anything? (I realize that's some pretty twisted logic)

Either the amount paid by UBI is meaningful, which means it'll make a difference to people's lives.

Or it's so small as to be meaningless. Which means it won't cost that much per-capita to implement.

(It's late, I haven't thought this through, feel free to downvote if this is completely bonkers :-P)

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