Comedian Joe Rogan has stated he is 100% in favor of government-backed social programs like universal basic income and free education if tax dollars are spent efficiently and the government does not adequately. He argued that when the government gets involved, it rarely does the job efficiently and wastes money. These programs could work if private companies were run by them, as Rogan said. He also highlighted California's homelessness problem as an example, where Chinese President Xi Jinping visited and the city was forced to act, and the homeless disappeared almost overnight.