# Contested concept: beneficiary

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- **Contestedness**: semantic
- **Diagnosis**: The disagreement over whether UBI is 'wasteful' or 'inefficient' (Claims 65, 69, 74) depends entirely on whether 'benefit' is defined as the gross payment received or the net fiscal change after taxes.
- **Canonical**: `/concept/beneficiary` (data: `/concept/beneficiary.json`)

## Senses in use
- **A person whose total cash receipts from the program exceed the additional taxes they pay to fund it.** — used in 3 claim(s)
- **A recipient of a direct cash payment, regardless of tax liability.** — used in 2 claim(s)

## Claims using this term
- [Critics of Universal Basic Income (UBI) question the justification for providing regular monthly cash payments to wealthy individuals who d…](/claim/claim_396d02776fd6.md) _(sense: A recipient of a direct cash payment, regardless of tax liability.)_
- [The fact that wealthy individuals will pay more in taxes than they receive in payments is the logical basis for the conclusion that they ar…](/claim/claim_5a18aa70b324.md) _(sense: A person whose total cash receipts from the program exceed the additional taxes they pay to fund it.)_
- [Under a Universal Basic Income (UBI) system, wealthy individuals will not be net beneficiaries, as they will likely pay more in taxes to fu…](/claim/claim_d295e6c9544f.md) _(sense: A person whose total cash receipts from the program exceed the additional taxes they pay to fund it.)_
- [A common criticism of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is that providing cash payments to wealthy individuals constitutes a waste of financial …](/claim/claim_e397a74f4941.md) _(sense: A recipient of a direct cash payment, regardless of tax liability.)_
- [Depending on the specific financing mechanism used for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) system, wealthy individuals might not end up as net f…](/claim/claim_f8999558bb45.md) _(sense: A person whose total cash receipts from the program exceed the additional taxes they pay to fund it.)_