Throw in single-payer to cover health issues (and include mental health issues) and you'll cover 98% of the problem. People play PowerBall to extremes and simi

Throw in single-payer to cover health issues (and include mental health issues) and you'll cover 98% of the problem. People play PowerBall to extremes and similar because they're desperate. I doubt $12k/year would be sufficient, BTW. You want people to be able to live a decent, if spartan, life on BI, and at $12k I think they'd be forced to decide between starving or extremely poor living conditions. Probably $18k/year would be an absolute minimum, plus allowances for kids (how to handle kids is a HUGE question, well outside the scope of this post). The amount you earn could vary by chosen living area, in proportion to living expenses. Maybe not 100% proportionally; if an area has 150% of the cost of living, but only pays you 125% more than the nominal amount, there would still be a pressure to move to less expensive areas, but more expensive areas wouldn't de facto exclude people on BI. There needs to be extended discussion on the details. I don't know nearly enough to be able to have all of the answers. But it seems like the answer is out there, if enough people get together to work on it.