I still don't think this addresses the parents comment about the UBI operating on a country-wide scale. The Native American tribes, people in Alaska etc. are s

I still don't think this addresses the parents comment about the UBI operating on a country-wide scale. The Native American tribes, people in Alaska etc. are still a fraction of American society. Not to mention... there are other socio-economic factors that prevent the American tribes from being successful (e.g. perhaps a genetic pre-disposition to alcoholism as well). I would like to see what happens when a major population center, either a US state or a populous city, implements a form of UBI. That is when the true economic impact may be evident.