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> Unless, the UBI is highly distributive,taking money from the well-to-do and giving it to the poor.

s/highly distributive,taking money from the well-to-do and giving it to the poor/Forced wealth redistribution

Yes, correct, forced wealth redistribution. Similar to tax dollars going to defense contractors, teachers, farmers, the elderly and medicare. The federal government is in the business of forced wealth distribution.

taxation is the backbone of most if not all governments, no argument there and most rational people would agree, but the foaming in the mouth "blame the wealthy for all the ills facing the world and go for their bone marrow" is what I'm totally against YMMMV. At some point you run out of the billionaires and guess who is next in line to get strip mined in the form of additional taxes? the middle class and finally the poor.

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