No, he's not, you are. The social programs required to get those things done aren't going to come soon enough due to the cultural rejection of this kind of socialism in America. You're glossing over the hard part, as if "just pass a social program" was an easy thing to do.
UBI has to be worked out "before" these become big problems, not after; now is the time.
UBI has to be worked out "before" these become big problems, not after; now is the time.