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> On the other hand, the second and third order consequences to providing a stronger social safety net to people might be highly beneficial.

Possibly, but not necessarily. I'm in Germany. We have UBI for all intents and purposes, you get an apartment, utilities, TV, a washing machine etc, health insurance and money for food and stuff. Yes, you are expected to take a job if you can find one, but you're not pushed too hard if you half-ass it and don't find any.

We're still looking for those highly beneficial consequences. We have plenty of intergenerational poverty and our social mobility is worse than in the US.

It's apparently not that simple, unfortunately.

> Not every social experiment is a one-way door that cannot be tweaked, improved or abandoned.

It pretty much is though. It's very, very, very hard to turn back the clock on benefits once people have gotten used to it.