Means-tested welfare programs encourage dependency and idleness because no one has any incentive to work harder. If you make more than what you qualify for welfare, you lose the benefits. I never thought that’s sound social policy.
Under UBI, its the reverse. You have a floor you can’t fall through. If you want wok harder you can and you can keep what you earn without losing the UBI. If we replaced all of our welfare programs with it, we would come out well ahead.
And give people lifetime financial security.
But if people had lifetime financial security, where is their incentive to work at all?