Should everyone get a universal basic income?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Should everyone get a universal basic income?". Your opponent's style: Devil's advocate

Universal basic income is a fantasy that kills the incentive to work. Instead of putting in work of the survival,he would just do nothing or an easy job to pass the time.This will bring doom to the economy . This idea of giving the same amount of income to both a nurse working hard to save lives and to a window cleaner of a car will just be unfair.

You're confusing UBI with *replacing* work incentives—it doesn't. People don't stop working because they have a safety net; they stop working *bad jobs*. A nurse keeps nursing because it pays more and matters. A window cleaner either ups their skills or accepts lower pay. UBI just means survival doesn't depend on desperation. The unfairness you're describing already exists—a billionaire inherits millions while a nurse works 12-hour shifts. At least UBI is honest about redistribution instead of pretending inheritance is earned. Why should birth lottery luck matter more than the work itself?

if everyones gonna have the same amount of basic income while the people can earn more from other jobs whats the point? it will lead to inflation and the money will lose value and we will end up in the same place but worst for hard workers

Wrong direction. Inflation happens when you print money with nothing backing it—UBI is redistribution, not new money. Alaska's oil dividend proves it: paid residents $1,000-2,000 yearly for decades, zero inflation spike. Hard workers still earn more, still get ahead. The real problem is wages haven't matched productivity in 40 years. Why are you defending a system where working full-time still leaves people homeless?