PhD programs typically pay 20-30k a year, and you can get close to doubling that by taking summer internships. That's at or above a lot of basic income proposal

PhD programs typically pay 20-30k a year, and you can get close to doubling that by taking summer internships. That's at or above a lot of basic income proposals, especially because many top CS universities are located in places with very low CoL. So if it's just lack of basic income that's preventing you from going for a CS PhD, you should apply for programs next year (unfortunately you just missed the typical application deadlines...)