[DoreenMichele]

The poorest will be much richer because you've given them money, almost by definition.

I spent years homeless. I've had a college class in Homelessness and Public Policy. I've written about homelessness for years.

The poorest of the poor sometimes have no ID, thus no means to access a lot of welfare benefits.

[yadoomerta]

That's a lot of the advantage of UBI in my opinion - is that it's much easier to access than the complicated welfare systems we have now, which require meeting up and consulting with lots of volunteer specialists to be sure you're doing it the right way.

I agree that getting benefits to people without an ID is a problem, but it seems very tangential to the UBI vs Status Quo debate.

What policy would you prefer?

[kodyo]

How do people identify themselves in order to prevent fraud in this fantasy?

[yadoomerta]

How do they currently?