One of the advantages of truly universal -- everyone gets it, regardless of need -- payments is that you can do away with a gigantic bureaucratic apparatus whose only reason for existence is to try to determine who &quot;really&quot; needs help and who doesn&#x27;t. It&#x27;s also generally seen as a more palatable option for people who are offended that someone else might get something they don&#x27;t, even if the other people truly do need it.