The generally-agreed rationale of UBI is that growing use of automation might eventually make it hard for people without skills to support themselves even by working, at least for broadly reasonable working hours and conditions.
Various people support UBI for different reasons. It’s not true that nobody in Germany calls for UBI. You might personal oppose UBI in a country like Germany but that doesn’t mean that other don’t want it.
Milton Friedman also wasn’t concered about growing use of automation when he proposed UBI as negative taxation.
Various people support UBI for different reasons. It’s not true that nobody in Germany calls for UBI. You might personal oppose UBI in a country like Germany but that doesn’t mean that other don’t want it.
Milton Friedman also wasn’t concered about growing use of automation when he proposed UBI as negative taxation.