I like Andrew Yang but I think the UBI proposal needs to start from a smaller and more limited base, with strings/conditions attached. For example, with big data we can statistically identify those who are most at risk of committing crimes and put them on government dole in exchange for staying out of trouble, attending classes/counseling, and relocation out of high risk areas.
For those who like the idea of moving "semi off-grid", $12,000/year would allow you to save for a tiny home and plot of land somewhere. It will allow people to indulge in the fantasy of being self sufficient in a rural area somewhere while collecting $1,000/month from Uncle Sam and getting drone deliveries from Amazon or Walmart. They can um, tend to their 1 acre gardens while ordering groceries from Walmart delivery. Not a perfect solution to mass unemployment from automation/AI, but better than having the robots liquidate us.
On the other hand, we may create a degenerate society where the top 0.1% rule with support from bottom 90% welfare recipients mooching off the productive 10%. Not that the other way is always better, when the elite 10% ruled in a "civilized society" advocating meritocracy, they say "by the sweat of your brow will you eat" when they really mean "if you're not clever/cunning/shrewd enough to double the silver in your hand, you deserve to have the coins taken from you and cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
