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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: UBI - are you Aye or Nay?
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2022, 06:17:50 am »
I'm ok with a hybrid of the programs we have now and a UBI program.  You can consolidate most of our social income programs into 1 guaranteed income program, however you also need to maintain eligibility requirements on most of them.

Show up to the UBI office and claim one of:
_ i'm old with no money
- i can't find employment/enough employment
- i'm disabled/sick
- I just had a baby and need parental leave
(Among other reasons)

Then you employ investigators to randomly sample applicants to make sure their claims are accurate and aren't fraud.  The amount of EI fraud for instance must be insane, because you're supposed to actively look for work while on EI and not simply sit at home, which they don't check up on.  If you're healthy and working age, there's jobs available, and refuse to work you don't deserve anything.

That's not UBI at all, that is welfare.