Like most utopian plans, this idea relies on the belief that humans will get up and do things in large numbers.
We can't even get them to voluntarily recycle and quit beating their kids.
Actually, that's the problem with with means-based social programs, as there's an incentive not to work to get more stuff.
We can't even get them to voluntarily recycle and quit beating their kids.
Oh, never mind, you're just trolling.
Why? Surely you could quit your job, find a much simpler one with less responsibilities, and move into a trailer and subside on tubers and rice. Much cheaper, you don't have to work nearly as hard, and less responsibility!
Of course you wouldn't do this because you like the lifestyle that your job allows you to have (and likely like your job as well).
The ability to be poor and not die does not automatically make people satisfied with being poor.
The fact that right now the economy stinks (P-U) and that some people who want to work, cannot, does not really have any bearing on future plans for guaranteed basic income.