If UBI was a thing, I would actually be able to work. There is probably a job out there I could do for a few hours a week, but because of SSDIâs draconian income limits, I would basically lose half my wages, meaning a minimum wage job would actually pay me HALF minimum wage.
If UBI were a thing, I could go to school to learn a marketable skill. Right now, I canât. They yank your benefits if you go to school too much because if you go to school, they think you can work. Even if you can only do it one class a semester, over years. As I understand it, the limit is over your lifetime. I can never get a degree in something like graphic design which would allow me to work in a field I love FROM HOME.
If UBI were a thing, I could get married without losing my benefits. Also, right now, I am not even allowed to save up enough to pay for rings or a wedding, even if I do it over literal years.
When you are disabled, the government forces you into a cramped, hopeless, mean little life. God forbid UBI be awarded to someone who doesnât âdeserveâ it, though. We canât have THAT. Lazy people are a crime worse than letting people struggle and starve.
So yeah, fuck the United States.