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by zensavona 2601 days ago
> But what if someone gambles away their {salaried | welfare | annuity | retirement | pension} income, or has it scammed from them? Tough luck, back to the streets?

Either people are treated like adults and manage their own finances, or we are all wards of the state to some degree.
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grahamburger 2599 days ago
> But what if someone gambles away their {salaried | welfare | annuity | retirement | pension} income, or has it scammed from them? Tough luck, back to the streets?

This is exactly what happens today, and it's ostensibly the problem that UBI is attempting to solve. If UBI doesn't solve that problem then it's just a very expensive waste of resources.

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luckylion 2600 days ago
> Either people are treated like adults and manage their own finances, or we are all wards of the state to some degree.

If they were adults with the ability to manage their finances, make smart decisions etc, only a tiny fraction of them would have to rely on the state in the first place, so that's not convincing to me.

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