It's not disingenuous though. In my personal experience, many liberals do in fact oppose basic income.
Don't forget that public sector unions (ie. the people administering all the existing entitlement programs) are a major liberal constituency.
> I would like Basic Income to be a bit more than $10,000 per year, though. Ideally, especially when the number of jobs available falls due to increased automation, I'd like the Basic Income to provide a comfortable income.
There are plenty of places in the country where $10k is more than enough to live on. One of the biggest benefits of UBI would be that we can start moving more people to the massive areas of our country where there's low COL and few jobs.
Don't forget that public sector unions (ie. the people administering all the existing entitlement programs) are a major liberal constituency.
> I would like Basic Income to be a bit more than $10,000 per year, though. Ideally, especially when the number of jobs available falls due to increased automation, I'd like the Basic Income to provide a comfortable income.
There are plenty of places in the country where $10k is more than enough to live on. One of the biggest benefits of UBI would be that we can start moving more people to the massive areas of our country where there's low COL and few jobs.