&gt; This assumes GDP doesn&#x27;t plunge because of disincentives to work<p>UBI doesn&#x27;t create a disincentive to work, UBI replacing means-tested programs <i>eliminates</i> a disincentive to work.<p>&gt; and&#x2F;or hiring costs for low-wage (now medium-to-high wage) to skyrocket.<p>Why would hiring costs skyrocket? The elimination of the perverse incentives of means-tested programs should drive <i>down</i> low-end hiring costs.