“Taxpayers’ money” doesn’t mean politicians get to dictate how poor people live. We don’t police the spending of pensioners, MPs or businesses receiving public money. A UBI takes the opposite approach: a secure income floor, dignity and personal choice.
I cheered when, after @bbcnickrobinson suggested now that this was “telling people how to spend their own money”, @Helen_Whately replied “This is taxpayers’ money”. Exactly.
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