There are non-cash-based programs that the US government administers or supports that should also be part of the UBI discussion. For example, the USDA has a number of food distribution programs that provide in-kind support to institutions providing meals to children, the elderly and the poor. HUD programs house 1.2 million households and a number of municipalities have their own housing authorities. My son was, for some time, a recipient of subsidized housing.

Recipients of UBI should, I think, be entitled to trade some of the cash assistance that UBI represents for these supports.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich