Dirtbag Broken Records

UBI is nuts. UBI is nuts. UBI is nuts…

Literally peanuts. Not good. Very bad.

Some things bear repeating ad nauseam like a deliberate broken record.

Anything someone can contribute supported on a UBI morally deserves not a UBI pittance, but a decent living wage. Even Scott Santens simps agreed with this back in the Yang Gang days. Therefore, hellno to ubi.

This said, why bother reading further? (Well, because UBI’ers are a stupid cult. So you may need more ammo)

“UBI-lite shows some benefits” — yeah, so 𝒯ℱ what? So does killing nazis. Does not mean it is wise or just policy.

“But, but some limited UBI is surely ok!” — no it isn’t. Were you not reading? Go back to Start.

Whatever pittance a ubi we can allocate is made redundant by justice: fair compensation for labour. Always and forever. Just because we presently have an unjust system is not a reason to advocate for a UBI. It is reason to advocate for fair wages (among many other things, like anti-monopoly price fixing, euthanizing rentiers, deep-sixing the parasitic finance sector, etc). Hence, hellno to ubi.

How can we afford higher pensions right now? By fully employing workers today who generate the output pensions claim upon. Hence, even Boomers will agree hellno to ubi.

The Job Guarantee is the superior automatic stabilizer. With a UBI we’d be supporting an unemployed labour buffer, which is stupid. Therefore, hellno to ubi.

The real things we should want are real goods, not a money fetish. Hence Universal Basic Services instead of ubi. This requires workers. So hellyeah to UBS, and hellno to ubi.

Do not undermine the workers. Hence hellno to ubi.

Allow the workers (by paying them fairly) to support the infirm, the young, the elderly and the distressed — it creates rich (in spiritual terms) community — with government support for labour. Hence, hellno to ubi.

UBI is a slap in the face of the working class, a degradation, a pittance, and an abomination of decrepit liberal elitist policy wonkery gone mad. Proof? Well, that’s just how many of us feel. Apologies for having feelings bro. Hence, hellno to ubi.

“But, but, the job guarantee creates ꕗꖹꝆꝆꕷꖾꕯꖡ jobs!” — no it does not you stupid ℭ𝔘𝔑𝔗… well, unless the neoliberal ꕗ𖧳𖧥𖨚𖢧𖧥𖦪𖦧 is running the JG admin! (Hellno to that.) So again, with a caveat, hellno to ubi.

With a JG we get to claim on the State, and contribute in whatever way we desire to our local community. This is all besides the nerdy countercyclical stabilization of the JG buffer. The ubi has not these nerdy benefits, hence hellno to ubi.

The UBI is the State’s claim on other people’s labour, so is regressive and highly unjust. Therefore, hellno to ubi.

“But, but, work is evil!” — no it is not, you cretin. No one works, we all die. Therefore, hellno to ubi leaches.

“But, but UBI will help prop up capitalism with the needed income flow!” — yes, therefore hellno to UBI.

“But, but UBI supports rents!” —yes, therefore hellno to ubi (euthanize the rentiers).

“But the government is taxing us, they should give us the tax credits!” — yes, therefore hellno to ubi!

(The purpose of the tax is to drive demand, so people will exchange goods or labour for the tax credit, it undermines the system if the government dishes out welfare to everyone who does not need welfare.) Hence again, double hellno to ubi.

Welfare is regressive when unnecessary — we have a welfare system because many people are infants or decrepit, and a decent civilized society means such people should not even be asked to work. So hellyes to a Basic Income Guarantee, and still hellno to ubi. (Two completely different policies.)

The ubi does nothing to eliminate unnecessary welfare, the Job Guarantee does (if well designed, like not designed by utter cretins). We should presume policy does not metaphysically get designed by utter cretins. Hence, hellno to ubi.

On that last point, it is a good thing if a JG + BIG are the only policy in terms of non-public service public investment fiscal, since when the income is insufficient to sustain a decent living standard, you have the right gauge to adjust the JG + BIG (includes pensions) upwards. Too many disparate welfare patchworks make policy adjustment a nightmare of fools competing on stupid preferences. Get the government out of lifestyle preferences! — that’s not the government’s role.

“But, but UBI gives people freedom!” — no it does not in the macro you stupid fools. It is a nasty claim on someone else’s labour (broken record). Usually some poor worker in the global south.

“But, but, under neoliberalism we actually need a UBI?” — yes, hence hellno to ubi.

“But, but I don’t trust the government with a JG!” — and you do trust them with UBI? Don’t make me laugh. You might as well say ‘no government’ which is not constructive bro, go ꘝꕯꕷꕷ off to Mars with the Mars King. Hellno to Mars, since Mars is a hell.

Stop thinking so individualistically and selfishly you ubi simps. Do not accept neoliberal realism.

Wake up from your neoliberal zombie slumber. Decolonize your mind from money fetish.

TODO:
I've probably forgotten a dozen serious objections to ubi, 
and have hardly mentioned the benefits of a JG.
Add to this list as the lunacy dribbles in 
from econbrotube.