I am all for Basic Income but the way the author wants to implement it would be a disaster.
My mother is fully disabled and unable to work as a result of her stroke and she relies on Medicaid, Food Stamps and SSI to live. $13000 per person would be lower than what she gets right now and that's without considering the insurance issues. These changes would quite literally kill or leave homeless a large amount of America's disabled, poor or elderly population.
If Basic Income is to work then it needs to be actually liveable and adjusted based upon the CoL in each area.
My mother is fully disabled and unable to work as a result of her stroke and she relies on Medicaid, Food Stamps and SSI to live. $13000 per person would be lower than what she gets right now and that's without considering the insurance issues. These changes would quite literally kill or leave homeless a large amount of America's disabled, poor or elderly population.
If Basic Income is to work then it needs to be actually liveable and adjusted based upon the CoL in each area.