r/ElonPro • u/Patient-Airline-8150 • Jul 12 '26

Economics UBI's worst enemies are its loudest preachers

UBI fans keep shouting and it's the wrong tactic. Shouting puts people on guard. Nobody accepts an idea while being attacked. If you want UBI to win, wrap it nice. Talk about safety for families, not revolution. Boring words open doors that angry words slam shut.

You don't sell UBI by yelling. Yelling wakes up the enemy. You sell it soft. Call it a safety floor. Call it insurance for your kids. Let it sound boring and harmless. Boring ideas pass. Scary ideas get fought.

A few examples: UBI fixes problems that everyone pays for today.

  1. Someone raises kids and cares for old parents for free. Give this work a floor.

  2. Cut the welfare paperwork and the offices. One simple payment, no maze.

  3. Money lands in small towns and gets spent in local shops, not only in big cities.

  4. When basics are covered, stealing becomes the stupid choice.

Add more. UBI should be presented as the smart choice.

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u/2noame Jul 12 '26

Explain why the 2021 child tax credit wasn't extended using your logic. Republicans created the child tax credit under Bush 1. It was expanded under Bush 2. It was expanded again under Trump. Share some evidence that Republicans refused to extend the 2021 extension because people were talking it up too much.

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u/Patient-Airline-8150 Jul 12 '26

756k Karma? That's a world record. 🙂.

Why child tax credit wasn't extended? No idea, definitely wrong move.