I agree that this isn't UBI. I still think that it holds lessons that carry weight in a UBI discussion. To be clear, the point I was trying to make was that th

I agree that this isn't UBI. I still think that it holds lessons that carry weight in a UBI discussion. To be clear, the point I was trying to make was that the "free $STUFF", where peoples' lives depended on $STUFF, worked great while the times were great. But it didn't work so well when times were not so great, and $STUFF was hard to come by. I think that, even with STUFF=money, we would face similar challenges, and need to be prepared for those challenges, with answers. I think that the "I" part makes it better, since at least that gives us monetary tools, and we might be mature enough at this point to be able to manipulate to our advantage. It's much easier to make money grow in Washington than it is to make wheat grow in climates it wasn't built for.