[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @MichaelSimm_F Michael Simm Michael Simm posts on X about money, universal basic, inflation, government spending the most. They currently have XXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::4676991248/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXX +12,897% - X Month XXXXXX +709% - X Months XXXXXX +610% - X Year XXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::4676991248/posts_active)  ### Followers: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::4676991248/followers)  - X Week XXX +8.30% - X Month XXX +11% - X Months XXX +25% - X Year XXX +4.10% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::4676991248/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::4676991248/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) **Social topic influence** [money](/topic/money), [universal basic](/topic/universal-basic), [inflation](/topic/inflation), [government spending](/topic/government-spending), [productivity](/topic/productivity), [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin), [women](/topic/women), [$400mo](/topic/$400mo), [rates](/topic/rates), [insurance](/topic/insurance) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::4676991248/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "@thetodd240 The state controls you when they are allowed to decide to not give you your check. If they can decide to not give you your check then. It's not Universal Basic Income. Now that is Orwellian. UBI must go to everyone with no control. That's just what that word means"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947399853597966575) 2025-07-21 20:54:40 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@utopialaos @JonnyRockin UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. If you can't cash out at an ATM it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented. PS: UBI can be done privately without government involvement 😉"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947326704336179300) 2025-07-21 16:04:00 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@dillzilla99 @DFIRJames You just can't seem to wrap your head around why UBI is the best capitalist solution to the welfare problem. UBI itself isn't a capitalist market mechanism but it fits into the market. UBI is the idea that everybody should get money so they can all participate in capitalism"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947376096267362773) 2025-07-21 19:20:16 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "Exactly. UBI rebalances the economy so that sucky-but-needed jobs pay what they're worth and fun jobs are abundantly available. With UBI we can eliminate standard work week regulations and minimum wage regulations. Free the people"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947081112552899052) 2025-07-20 23:48:06 UTC XXX followers, 18.1K engagements "@voisine @NewProgressUSA Actually it has never been done before. The closest thing to UBI that does exist is Alaska's permanent dividend - which has seen remarkable success at reducing the poverty level in Alaska. People in Alaska don't rot they use their Universal Basic Income to get ahead"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947074298000376309) 2025-07-20 23:21:02 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@TheLHudson UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. That means it gives you *more* independence and power to fight gov. overreach. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented not bullshit. This is the fight of the century"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947323147658899553) 2025-07-21 15:49:52 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@TheRealMrPeopl1 Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money. The two concepts are incompatible. Communists hate UBI because it would improve the living standards of workers making them less likely to do a communist revolution. UBI is money for everyone to participate in capitalism"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947432423400345620) 2025-07-21 23:04:05 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@AdGravitas @the_hoch Well yes but poverty makes it worse. A lot worse. These things are self-reinforcing. UBI can break that chain for some people. For others they just need rehab"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947380836455878742) 2025-07-21 19:39:06 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@TheLHudson UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. That means that everybody has to get it. If they can take it it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented. PS: UBI can be done privately without government involvement 😉"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947364394389934496) 2025-07-21 18:33:46 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@iggyandangus @saifedean Got to be honest the government is doing a pretty good job of destroying the dollar all by themselves. You could even pay the UBI in Bitcoin or whatever if you need to"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947371113979515269) 2025-07-21 19:00:28 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@deanbphillips Where is your Universal Basic Income proposal"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947090896736153804) 2025-07-21 00:26:59 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@Tantoshorse @hardyrenos UBI doesn't give the government more power it gives power to the people. Every month. Money is power. Unconditional / Universal Basic Income means everybody gets it and the government can't take it away from you. That's what UBI is. Anything else is not UBI"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947498559596556390) 2025-07-22 03:26:54 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@DFIRJames Exactly my point. The sucky jobs will pay more because employers will have to incentivize people to do them. The fun jobs will pay very little but that's just economics. UBI increases efficiency in the labor market"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947324540922585220) 2025-07-21 15:55:24 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements "@allegedwriter Everything costs so much because of government-enforced bubbles in the real estate market and healthcare system. How do you think women joining the workforce increased inflation And what does any of that have to do with UBI which wouldn't be inflationary if done right"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947313334568845494) 2025-07-21 15:10:52 UTC XXX followers, X engagements "@BGolat60516 Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money lol. Communists suck because they don't want UBI they want the opposite - universal government control. Capitalist UBI can fix our broken welfare system and bring about general prosperity"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947157044110193150) 2025-07-21 04:49:50 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements "@dillzilla99 @DFIRJames The money for UBI should come out of current government spending on outdated and obsolete welfare programs like snap and TANF. No change in taxes no change in government spending. Maybe a reduction in both depending on how big of a UBI you want"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947445263947460852) 2025-07-21 23:55:07 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@voisine @NewProgressUSA Seriously though would you support a $400/mo UBI Cuts homelessness by 2/3rds within a year. Cuts violent crime dramatically Reduces our healthcare premiums"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947088496935706903) 2025-07-21 00:17:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@hardyrenos By spending less taxpayer money. By cutting our current disastrous welfare system and spending that money (or a bit less) on UBI. UBI would also cause crime rates to go down and hospitalization rates to go down which further cuts spending. Make sense"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947369135572455529) 2025-07-21 18:52:36 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@Tantoshorse @hardyrenos Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money. The two ideas are completely incompatible. UBI is money for people to spend in the capitalist market. It's just a baseline of income. $XXX a month so everybody can afford some basics. Very capitalist"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947429285243064673) 2025-07-21 22:51:37 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@Tantoshorse @hardyrenos And what if you don't have to rely on it. It's just there. In the background. Doesn't make an impact on most people's lives. You'd only ever notice it if you were in a really bad desperate poverty situation. It's basically insurance against the worst case scenario"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947509504708395186) 2025-07-22 04:10:23 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@ReallyJWilliams Teaching. Bartending (in your own bar). Being a chef (in your own restaurant). Being a talk-show/podcast host. Event planner tour guide video game designer park ranger dog walker personal trainer travel blogger professional athlete. You see what I'm talking about right"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947154571035611350) 2025-07-21 04:40:00 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements "@chung_wow What would you do if you got an extra $XXX per month with no strings attached With no other changes to your life"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947441577745649697) 2025-07-21 23:40:28 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@hishertheythem Actually Richard Nixon nearly passed Universal Basic Income in the '70s. Milton Friedman Frederick Hayek and many other economics Nobel laureates supported UBI. It's very much a practical solution to the problem that the welfare system is supposed to address but doesn't"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947693115437158470) 2025-07-22 16:19:59 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@JonnyRockin @NameInteger Yeah bro I've been a capitalist this whole time and everybody keeps calling me a communist/socialist 😂 UBI is just a good f****** idea"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947372430567346591) 2025-07-21 19:05:42 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@thingsbrandosay Retirees already have social security which is sort of like UBI. I don't see the problem though with cutting the inefficient welfare system we have and spending that money on UBI instead. Also I'd put it lower like $6000 a year ($500/mo). Why would inflation happen"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947342707300700404) 2025-07-21 17:07:35 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@the_hoch Every major UBI experiment has found no change or a reduction in drug use. Cash gives drug users a light at the end of the tunnel financial freedom so they no longer have to numb the pain from poverty. You can continue believing falsehoods all you have to do is no research"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947156113004327212) 2025-07-21 04:46:08 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements "@DoomerSG @germNation1 UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. If you can't cash out at an ATM it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented not bullshit. This is the most important fight of the 21st century"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947316521459425568) 2025-07-21 15:23:32 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@JonnyRockin In respect you're more correct about the XX hour work week than I was. Trump eliminated taxes on overtime so you're right. UBI fits cleanly within capitalism - it functions as an efficient safety net. Like a better version of our SNAP/TANF/overcomplicated welfare system"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947315277571731838) 2025-07-21 15:18:36 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@dillzilla99 @DFIRJames That's just how it is. If you look at the budget for SNAP a lot goes to paperwork bureaucrats. If you look at the budget for Universal Basic Income programs Far more of the money that's raised ultimately gets into people's hands. Doesn't this make intuitive sense"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947455635790184878) 2025-07-22 00:36:20 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@BernardinGlenn Don't change the tax code at all. Just take the money we're currently spending/wasting on welfare and spend it on UBI instead. No change in the deficit maybe we could even reduce it. No extra inflation"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947365606082351345) 2025-07-21 18:38:35 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@wells_grah57081 I ran a program with homeless people in Arizona last year. We gave them $XXX per month. Within X months most of them weren't homeless anymore. A baseline of $200/mo UBI wouldn't change very much for most people but it would be transformational for reducing poverty"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947365282131153236) 2025-07-21 18:37:18 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@baparish Got some serious assuming you're doing there. Got any evidence to back it up"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947456267553009809) 2025-07-22 00:38:50 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@rfcwwide @BenPielstick Actually I've seen UBI increase productivity. Systems like unemployment checks cut off the money the moment you get a job. It incentivizes / forces laziness. With UBI whenever you make more money you benefit. That's the right kind of incentive"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947390989288804719) 2025-07-21 20:19:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@hishertheythem Huh well good thing we've done hundreds of experiments that all point to the threat of poverty or survival being unnecessary to motivate people. In fact we've given Universal basic Income to entire villages in Africa and we've seen them build infrastructure - not be lazy"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947527639398551927) 2025-07-22 05:22:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@JonnyRockin The XX hr work week is enforced by law. Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money lol. Communists suck because they don't want UBI they want the opposite - universal government control. Capitalist UBI can fix our broken welfare system and bring about general prosperity"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947157367872749972) 2025-07-21 04:51:07 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements "@nonoffensive79 @the_hoch Ok I'll call your bluff. If I started sending you $XXX a month right now what would you actually do"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947380037608738961) 2025-07-21 19:35:56 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@Kyle15359786 @BenPielstick Alaska's permanent dividend is the closest thing to UBI that has ever been tried long-term. It's been a big success. There's your example. Alaska is also not that corrupt and has great productivity despite their Universal Basic Income. (or because of it)"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947327691709116460) 2025-07-21 16:07:55 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@chung_wow Are you already a nicotine addict"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947499716138484082) 2025-07-22 03:31:29 UTC XXX followers, X engagements "@Kyle15359786 @BenPielstick UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. If you can't cash out at an ATM it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented not bullshit. This is the most important fight of the 21st century"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947326988844490809) 2025-07-21 16:05:08 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@nonoffensive79 @the_hoch Yeah but that's not what we're talking about now is it. So are you going to answer the question or not What would you do if you got a Universal Basic Income of $XXX per month My bet is nothing different"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947389475082146216) 2025-07-21 20:13:26 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@hishertheythem I will continue to use them as examples. Because you can structure Universal Basic Income in such a way that the ultimate redistribution of money is identical to the way a negative income tax redistributes money. Both economists knew this. For more:"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947836109431476517) 2025-07-23 01:48:12 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@HonklerPaulson2 @utopialaos @the_hoch Actually it has worked well each time it has been tried. Including in the experiments you cited which were major successes"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947344596088066391) 2025-07-21 17:15:06 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@OSUFanBigTime @BenPielstick Alaska has fully implemented UBI. It's called the Alaskan permanent dividend and it's about $1500 to $2000 per year. Interestingly Alaska's rate of inflation has lagged behind the continental us since the UBI was implemented. We need a combination of UBI and deregulation"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947357428607316018) 2025-07-21 18:06:05 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@ZacksJerryRig @reilumies Actually handing out money Universal Basic Income is the best way to reduce poverty in developing countries. Doesn't mean it's the US government's responsibility though local governments and international privately funded charities should do it"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947701032529592435) 2025-07-22 16:51:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@bears_43 Luckily I think technology will solve this problem over time. Robot caretakers for every old person"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947373645950591086) 2025-07-21 19:10:32 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@GaryG39736923 @rubio1990 @rdd147 I rode in Waymo's early rider program with a safety driver in the driver's seat for a year. Tesla's safety passenger will be removed within a few months. And I'm sure you'll move the goalposts again when that happens. It's got to suck being wrong over and over again huh"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947525552086389089) 2025-07-22 05:14:09 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@flacker1985 I'd suggest taking a look into UBI experiments. Participants consistently report feeling more hopeful and optimistic about not only their own futures but the future of the world at large. I'm not sure what immigration has to do with it because only citizens should get UBI"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947319726755156454) 2025-07-21 15:36:16 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@AusThinkingGirl Yeah 👍 Baby steps. But the first $XXX is the most important. If I had all the decision making power it'd be closer to $1000/mo and come with major government spending reform"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947433963695575323) 2025-07-21 23:10:13 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@TheRealMrPeopl1 "Do as we say or we'll take your money away" This idea is entirely incompatible with UBI. UBI stands for Unconditional/universal Basic Income. If it isn't unconditional and the government can take it from you then it's not UBI. It's bullshit. I am not ashamed. I support UBI"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947435634983080015) 2025-07-21 23:16:51 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@baparish That's not a bad idea but it has nothing to do with UBI. UBI is a fix to the welfare system Snap/Unemployment/TANF. It's for people in desperate poverty and its biggest impact would be felt in reducing homelessness"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947443482689249688) 2025-07-21 23:48:02 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@AusThinkingGirl @SamTab1048995 Hell no. Maybe still in X years. But not in XX years. We'll have hundreds of millions of capable humanoid robots doing all of that stuff"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947434877705720095) 2025-07-21 23:13:51 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements "@AusThinkingGirl Universal Basic Income is an unconditional periodic cash payment to everybody. This was a basic income - an unconditional periodic cash payment to a specific group of people. UBI is a spending program and could be implemented privately without any government involvement"  [@MichaelSimm_F](/creator/x/MichaelSimm_F) on [X](/post/tweet/1947449771163324643) 2025-07-22 00:13:01 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
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@MichaelSimm_F Michael Simm
Michael Simm posts on X about money, universal basic, inflation, government spending the most. They currently have XXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Social topic influence money, universal basic, inflation, government spending, productivity, bitcoin, women, $400mo, rates, insurance
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"@thetodd240 The state controls you when they are allowed to decide to not give you your check. If they can decide to not give you your check then. It's not Universal Basic Income. Now that is Orwellian. UBI must go to everyone with no control. That's just what that word means"
@MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 20:54:40 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@utopialaos @JonnyRockin UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. If you can't cash out at an ATM it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented. PS: UBI can be done privately without government involvement 😉" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 16:04:00 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@dillzilla99 @DFIRJames You just can't seem to wrap your head around why UBI is the best capitalist solution to the welfare problem. UBI itself isn't a capitalist market mechanism but it fits into the market. UBI is the idea that everybody should get money so they can all participate in capitalism" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 19:20:16 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"Exactly. UBI rebalances the economy so that sucky-but-needed jobs pay what they're worth and fun jobs are abundantly available. With UBI we can eliminate standard work week regulations and minimum wage regulations. Free the people" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-20 23:48:06 UTC XXX followers, 18.1K engagements
"@voisine @NewProgressUSA Actually it has never been done before. The closest thing to UBI that does exist is Alaska's permanent dividend - which has seen remarkable success at reducing the poverty level in Alaska. People in Alaska don't rot they use their Universal Basic Income to get ahead" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-20 23:21:02 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@TheLHudson UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. That means it gives you more independence and power to fight gov. overreach. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented not bullshit. This is the fight of the century" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 15:49:52 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@TheRealMrPeopl1 Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money. The two concepts are incompatible. Communists hate UBI because it would improve the living standards of workers making them less likely to do a communist revolution. UBI is money for everyone to participate in capitalism" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 23:04:05 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@AdGravitas @the_hoch Well yes but poverty makes it worse. A lot worse. These things are self-reinforcing. UBI can break that chain for some people. For others they just need rehab" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 19:39:06 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@TheLHudson UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. That means that everybody has to get it. If they can take it it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented. PS: UBI can be done privately without government involvement 😉" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 18:33:46 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@iggyandangus @saifedean Got to be honest the government is doing a pretty good job of destroying the dollar all by themselves. You could even pay the UBI in Bitcoin or whatever if you need to" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 19:00:28 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@deanbphillips Where is your Universal Basic Income proposal" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 00:26:59 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@Tantoshorse @hardyrenos UBI doesn't give the government more power it gives power to the people. Every month. Money is power. Unconditional / Universal Basic Income means everybody gets it and the government can't take it away from you. That's what UBI is. Anything else is not UBI" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 03:26:54 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@DFIRJames Exactly my point. The sucky jobs will pay more because employers will have to incentivize people to do them. The fun jobs will pay very little but that's just economics. UBI increases efficiency in the labor market" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 15:55:24 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements
"@allegedwriter Everything costs so much because of government-enforced bubbles in the real estate market and healthcare system. How do you think women joining the workforce increased inflation And what does any of that have to do with UBI which wouldn't be inflationary if done right" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 15:10:52 UTC XXX followers, X engagements
"@BGolat60516 Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money lol. Communists suck because they don't want UBI they want the opposite - universal government control. Capitalist UBI can fix our broken welfare system and bring about general prosperity" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 04:49:50 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements
"@dillzilla99 @DFIRJames The money for UBI should come out of current government spending on outdated and obsolete welfare programs like snap and TANF. No change in taxes no change in government spending. Maybe a reduction in both depending on how big of a UBI you want" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 23:55:07 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@voisine @NewProgressUSA Seriously though would you support a $400/mo UBI Cuts homelessness by 2/3rds within a year. Cuts violent crime dramatically Reduces our healthcare premiums" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 00:17:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@hardyrenos By spending less taxpayer money. By cutting our current disastrous welfare system and spending that money (or a bit less) on UBI. UBI would also cause crime rates to go down and hospitalization rates to go down which further cuts spending. Make sense" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 18:52:36 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@Tantoshorse @hardyrenos Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money. The two ideas are completely incompatible. UBI is money for people to spend in the capitalist market. It's just a baseline of income. $XXX a month so everybody can afford some basics. Very capitalist" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 22:51:37 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@Tantoshorse @hardyrenos And what if you don't have to rely on it. It's just there. In the background. Doesn't make an impact on most people's lives. You'd only ever notice it if you were in a really bad desperate poverty situation. It's basically insurance against the worst case scenario" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 04:10:23 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@ReallyJWilliams Teaching. Bartending (in your own bar). Being a chef (in your own restaurant). Being a talk-show/podcast host. Event planner tour guide video game designer park ranger dog walker personal trainer travel blogger professional athlete. You see what I'm talking about right" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 04:40:00 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements
"@chung_wow What would you do if you got an extra $XXX per month with no strings attached With no other changes to your life" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 23:40:28 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@hishertheythem Actually Richard Nixon nearly passed Universal Basic Income in the '70s. Milton Friedman Frederick Hayek and many other economics Nobel laureates supported UBI. It's very much a practical solution to the problem that the welfare system is supposed to address but doesn't" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 16:19:59 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@JonnyRockin @NameInteger Yeah bro I've been a capitalist this whole time and everybody keeps calling me a communist/socialist 😂 UBI is just a good f****** idea" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 19:05:42 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@thingsbrandosay Retirees already have social security which is sort of like UBI. I don't see the problem though with cutting the inefficient welfare system we have and spending that money on UBI instead. Also I'd put it lower like $6000 a year ($500/mo). Why would inflation happen" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 17:07:35 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@the_hoch Every major UBI experiment has found no change or a reduction in drug use. Cash gives drug users a light at the end of the tunnel financial freedom so they no longer have to numb the pain from poverty. You can continue believing falsehoods all you have to do is no research" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 04:46:08 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements
"@DoomerSG @germNation1 UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. If you can't cash out at an ATM it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented not bullshit. This is the most important fight of the 21st century" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 15:23:32 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@JonnyRockin In respect you're more correct about the XX hour work week than I was. Trump eliminated taxes on overtime so you're right. UBI fits cleanly within capitalism - it functions as an efficient safety net. Like a better version of our SNAP/TANF/overcomplicated welfare system" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 15:18:36 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@dillzilla99 @DFIRJames That's just how it is. If you look at the budget for SNAP a lot goes to paperwork bureaucrats. If you look at the budget for Universal Basic Income programs Far more of the money that's raised ultimately gets into people's hands. Doesn't this make intuitive sense" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 00:36:20 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@BernardinGlenn Don't change the tax code at all. Just take the money we're currently spending/wasting on welfare and spend it on UBI instead. No change in the deficit maybe we could even reduce it. No extra inflation" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 18:38:35 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@wells_grah57081 I ran a program with homeless people in Arizona last year. We gave them $XXX per month. Within X months most of them weren't homeless anymore. A baseline of $200/mo UBI wouldn't change very much for most people but it would be transformational for reducing poverty" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 18:37:18 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@baparish Got some serious assuming you're doing there. Got any evidence to back it up" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 00:38:50 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@rfcwwide @BenPielstick Actually I've seen UBI increase productivity. Systems like unemployment checks cut off the money the moment you get a job. It incentivizes / forces laziness. With UBI whenever you make more money you benefit. That's the right kind of incentive" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 20:19:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@hishertheythem Huh well good thing we've done hundreds of experiments that all point to the threat of poverty or survival being unnecessary to motivate people. In fact we've given Universal basic Income to entire villages in Africa and we've seen them build infrastructure - not be lazy" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 05:22:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@JonnyRockin The XX hr work week is enforced by law. Communism is a moneyless society. UBI is money lol. Communists suck because they don't want UBI they want the opposite - universal government control. Capitalist UBI can fix our broken welfare system and bring about general prosperity" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 04:51:07 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements
"@nonoffensive79 @the_hoch Ok I'll call your bluff. If I started sending you $XXX a month right now what would you actually do" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 19:35:56 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@Kyle15359786 @BenPielstick Alaska's permanent dividend is the closest thing to UBI that has ever been tried long-term. It's been a big success. There's your example. Alaska is also not that corrupt and has great productivity despite their Universal Basic Income. (or because of it)" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 16:07:55 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@chung_wow Are you already a nicotine addict" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 03:31:29 UTC XXX followers, X engagements
"@Kyle15359786 @BenPielstick UBI stands for Unconditional / Universal Basic Income. Income means cash real money. If you can't cash out at an ATM it's not UBI it's bullshit. So join me and fight to make sure true UBI is implemented not bullshit. This is the most important fight of the 21st century" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 16:05:08 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@nonoffensive79 @the_hoch Yeah but that's not what we're talking about now is it. So are you going to answer the question or not What would you do if you got a Universal Basic Income of $XXX per month My bet is nothing different" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 20:13:26 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@hishertheythem I will continue to use them as examples. Because you can structure Universal Basic Income in such a way that the ultimate redistribution of money is identical to the way a negative income tax redistributes money. Both economists knew this. For more:" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-23 01:48:12 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@HonklerPaulson2 @utopialaos @the_hoch Actually it has worked well each time it has been tried. Including in the experiments you cited which were major successes" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 17:15:06 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@OSUFanBigTime @BenPielstick Alaska has fully implemented UBI. It's called the Alaskan permanent dividend and it's about $1500 to $2000 per year. Interestingly Alaska's rate of inflation has lagged behind the continental us since the UBI was implemented. We need a combination of UBI and deregulation" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 18:06:05 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@ZacksJerryRig @reilumies Actually handing out money Universal Basic Income is the best way to reduce poverty in developing countries. Doesn't mean it's the US government's responsibility though local governments and international privately funded charities should do it" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 16:51:27 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@bears_43 Luckily I think technology will solve this problem over time. Robot caretakers for every old person" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 19:10:32 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@GaryG39736923 @rubio1990 @rdd147 I rode in Waymo's early rider program with a safety driver in the driver's seat for a year. Tesla's safety passenger will be removed within a few months. And I'm sure you'll move the goalposts again when that happens. It's got to suck being wrong over and over again huh" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 05:14:09 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@flacker1985 I'd suggest taking a look into UBI experiments. Participants consistently report feeling more hopeful and optimistic about not only their own futures but the future of the world at large. I'm not sure what immigration has to do with it because only citizens should get UBI" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 15:36:16 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@AusThinkingGirl Yeah 👍 Baby steps. But the first $XXX is the most important. If I had all the decision making power it'd be closer to $1000/mo and come with major government spending reform" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 23:10:13 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@TheRealMrPeopl1 "Do as we say or we'll take your money away" This idea is entirely incompatible with UBI. UBI stands for Unconditional/universal Basic Income. If it isn't unconditional and the government can take it from you then it's not UBI. It's bullshit. I am not ashamed. I support UBI" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 23:16:51 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@baparish That's not a bad idea but it has nothing to do with UBI. UBI is a fix to the welfare system Snap/Unemployment/TANF. It's for people in desperate poverty and its biggest impact would be felt in reducing homelessness" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 23:48:02 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@AusThinkingGirl @SamTab1048995 Hell no. Maybe still in X years. But not in XX years. We'll have hundreds of millions of capable humanoid robots doing all of that stuff" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-21 23:13:51 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements
"@AusThinkingGirl Universal Basic Income is an unconditional periodic cash payment to everybody. This was a basic income - an unconditional periodic cash payment to a specific group of people. UBI is a spending program and could be implemented privately without any government involvement" @MichaelSimm_F on X 2025-07-22 00:13:01 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements