The unconditional basic income (UBI) is supposed to fix the following problems
If you're liberal, you might like this because:
Lifts 50M Americans out of poverty overnight
Standardizes all government welfare
If you're conservative, you might like this because:
Eliminates tons of bureaucracy, waste, corruption, and BS rent-seeking
Resets all class-based grievances
Probably MUCH CHEAPER than current system
Caps spending and boosts purchasing power in some segments of the population and this can spur parts of the economy
Read more about this idea before you post a response to the question of this post
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democ...d-basic-income