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All in all UBI would be a huge win, the poor could do more with a STABLE small income than they do with the unreliable sources most of them operate off of now. The whole needs testing bureaucracy can just die, saving Billions in administrative costs. Services and stores for low income people could do much better when their clientele has reliable income instead of being flat broke most of the time.
In my view, if UBI is good enough, there's no more need for minimum wage, let people volunteer if they want to, pay to work in some highly desirable jobs, that's fine.
I believe the primary objection comes from the people who hire the poor, they can't imagine people working without the imminent threat of starvation and homelessness. If that's how your workplace operates, that needs to change. With UBI I believe a lot of workplaces would self-regulate better, because if they don't their employees will just quit.