[Gay State Conservative]

With an extra $1,000 a month income I'd do fun things that I otherwise wouldn't have done.I wouldn't increase my alcohol intake.I wouldn't start using drugs.I wouldn't start driving faster.

I'd probably start eating nice steaks and prime rib more often.I might use more butter.I'd definitely use it to spend more time in areas where malaria and other nasty diseases are found.

I live in about the bluest state in the country which might make me a candidate.My current income and resources might rule me out as a candidate.But I could hide that...or try to.

Where do I apply?

[ctdonath2]

1. In real UBI, you’d likely be making enough money that all the $1000/mo would do is give back the extra $1000/mo they’d take out of your pocket - along with another $1000/mo for someone else’s UBI. You don’t get an ‘extra $1000/mo’ unless you don’t pay taxes.

2. For this “experiment”, that’s exactly the problem: it’s not modeling the ACTUAL total economic seismic shift that would be caused by paying _everyone_ $1000/mo (basic goods/services suddenly cost more because _everyone_ has $1000/mo to spend), and by half the population not seeing that money because it’s just taken out of their pay just to hand it back for a net $0.