[gloverkcn]

I know a good number of rich people who inherited all their money. They don't work. They've never worked. Should we take away all their money to "give them a reason to work?"

I often hear some variation of "the government needs to incentivize people to strive for more so they aren't so lazy", but somehow it only applies to the poor.

[abhishekkr]

There's a difference. With inheritance, the previous owner of the money is willingly giving up their possessions to the inheritor. Free will, willingly done. With UBI, it's basically everyone's tax money forcibly taken from EVERYONE, sponsoring these people. Think of it as forced inheritance. Force is unfair, unjust and wrong.

I'm all for donation-driven-universal-basic-income. Please do that instead.