Sneering about $500-$1000/month and talking about being able to afford a medical emergency[1] tips the author's hand: He's not worried about the actual poor, he

Sneering about $500-$1000/month and talking about being able to afford a medical emergency[1] tips the author's hand: He's not worried about the actual poor, he's worried about the losers, mid-income aspirational types that will never be able to afford the lifestyle they're intensely integrated into and aware of. UBI would make their misery even worse, asserting their status over people who "flip burgers for a living" is all they've got. [1] If you're in the US and poor enough that UBI would be life-changing, you're almost certainly either on Medicaid or in a place where the first-line medical treatment is going to an emergency room and skipping out on the bill.