There are some social services that are necessary and beneficial but these should be built on top of a UBI foundation for maximum effectiveness.
It just provides every American with increased economic freedom. It's a good thing my doctor accepts USD :)
That $1000 check will only cover the ride to the hospital before tax.
On a more serious note, yes. Beyond basic necessities like healthcare and education, that the government would like to micromanage lives of welfare recipients feels demeaning in the extreme.
Some people do not get good enough education and do not know how to effectively allocate resources.
> There are some social services that are necessary and beneficial but these should be built on top of a UBI foundation for maximum effectiveness.
Do you mean the other way around? Necessary social services should be the foundation with UBI built on top of it. Social services can do some things better than UBI can even when assuming everyone uses their UBI completely rationally.
Because we'll have an issue when you spend your UBI on anything and then need assistance with rent, food etc pp.
Although this choice is probably pretty easy mathematically, it's kind of a terrible choice to have to make, so after a while the plan changed to saying it would stack on top of some other benefits.
(But none of this matters because whatever Congress might do would be different.)