What is wrong with it is that it is directly related to the lack of affordable housing and rise in homelessness. Even where there is abundant space, it makes homes too expensive for ordinary people with ordinary wages.
I supplied two links, stuff I wrote previously. I don't care to get into a pointless internet fight. Suffice it to say I think you are wrong about this.
I am not tethered to a job. I have portable income, in spite of being chronically ill and currently homeless. It allowed me to move someplace cheaper, a stepping stone in my plan to get off the street. I think UBI is not a good solution. Gig work done right and more appropriate housing options for our new demographic reality are needed.
I read your links and appreciate you sharing them. I didn't see any compelling arguments against UBI.
> What is wrong with it is that it is directly related to the lack of affordable housing and rise in homelessness.
Yes, in the status quo it is because economic centers have high demands for housing. However, you can't dispute that there is still plenty of affordable housing in the country if your income isn't tied to a location.
> It allowed me to move someplace cheaper, a stepping stone in my plan to get off the street. I think UBI is not a good solution.
I think gig work is great. I'm fortunate enough to be able to work from anywhere in the world and agree that it's very helpful.
Unfortunately, the reality is that the majority of the populace likely does not have skills which would provide for gig work. I'd much rather give them a portable income of their own (UBI) so they can move to somewhere where housing is affordable, instead of either letting them slide into the cracks or forcibly constructing affordable housing through central planning.
However, you can't dispute that there is still plenty of affordable housing in the country if your income isn't tied to a location.
No, I can dispute that. The general expectation is that young people should rent a multi bedroom place and get a roommate because we simply do not build housing appropriate for a young person who desires to live alone. Historically, we had more SROs and boarding houses. We do not have housing that serves our current demographic.
We have also seen a rise in trailers, which I see as slum housing, not minimum decent housing. In theory, I could move to a place like Alabama and rent a trailer currently. In practice, that would be disastrous for me because of how negatively it would impact my health. Slum housing does not fix problems. It worsens them.
I believe UBI would basically be a welfare program and would cause a great many problems. But building sufficient amounts of decent, affordable housing appropriate to the needs of singles and childless couples would go a long way towards solving a lot of problems that have been deepening in the US for decades.
With appropriate housing, a minimum wage job at a grocery store should support you decently so you aren't living in dire poverty and do not feel trapped.
I supplied two links, stuff I wrote previously. I don't care to get into a pointless internet fight. Suffice it to say I think you are wrong about this.
I am not tethered to a job. I have portable income, in spite of being chronically ill and currently homeless. It allowed me to move someplace cheaper, a stepping stone in my plan to get off the street. I think UBI is not a good solution. Gig work done right and more appropriate housing options for our new demographic reality are needed.