What I asked you to search was universal basic income to see articles like this:
https://www.cato.org/publications/comme ... se-or-cureRegarding the name of the "wing" I referred to, the reason I said "wing" is that there is no universally agreed upon name. The problem here is that the term "libertarian" used to refer to mainly the subculture I'm referring to, but has associations with other libertarian subcultures with distinct views. Ayn Randian Objectivists are libertarians of a sort. So is the paleo crowd.
"Bleeding heart libertarians" refers to a subgroup of libertarians that I probably fit within that tend to place emphasis on programs of social uplift and/or desire reductions in government to come from programs with those aims last, not first. But when I talked about a "wing" I meant something broader than that. When I say phrases like "regular libertarians" and "CATO / Reason crowd" I am gesturing at that. I'm not sure what would satisfy you here. Libertarians who hold mainstream liberal views on economics (note: "liberal" here means what many people would call "conservative.")?
Gary Johnson, the libertarian candidate for President the last two cycles, is an example of that type of libertarian as is most serious libertarian thought that doesn't sound like it was written as part of a manifesto.
UBI has broad, but not universal support among those libertarians because libertarianism is not opposed to wealth redistribution by the government in principle. Again, total opposition to that is a radical view even within libertarianism. UBI is viewed as superior to some traditional forms of welfare because it gives greater autonomy over how to use the resources so people can reflect their true priorities in purchasing decisions, can be easily made fair in its distribution model, and is resistant to government manipulation of behavior through carrots and sticks because it is a universal income reimbursement. Because it's so straightforward, it's also relatively cheap to administer.
I personally favor a universal basic income that comes in the form of a weekly rebate that is progressively a larger share of a person's income as their income goes down to offset a consumption tax applied to the public. I'd like that consumption tax to replace some other forms of revenue generation by the government starting with corporate taxes. I would be Ok with that consumption being a hefty carbon tax, if and only if there are offsets in other government revenue streams and the regressiveness of it is removed via a UBI in rebate form.
Where libertarians and progressives into the UBI differ is that libertarians tend to see it as replacing most of the welfare state where as progressives see it as an addition to currently existing programs. I'd rather give you a pile of money that you can choose to buy food with or not. Progressives tend to be more paternalistic and would prefer to give you food credits that can only be spent on food to make sure that you are spending your resources on the
right choices. I tend to view paternalism as only appropriate for the mentally disabled.
