If you don't redistribute the money directly to the people, that tax burden can fall disproportionately on the working class, and you get stuff like this:
Furthermore, if you redistribute a UBI to the people, it makes the tax popular. This is massively important in a society that's tax-averse, and helps gather support for actually solving collective action problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/business/yellow-vests-mov...
Furthermore, if you redistribute a UBI to the people, it makes the tax popular. This is massively important in a society that's tax-averse, and helps gather support for actually solving collective action problems.