US really seems to have a problem with black-white thinking. There are gray areas you know. You don't need to choose between no social support vs UBI. You can

US really seems to have a problem with black-white thinking. There are gray areas you know. You don't need to choose between no social support vs UBI. You can actually just have a proper unemployment and healthcare support system (like EU). Same goes for guns. There seems to be a thought that either everyone has the right to buy guns, or you outlaw guns. There is a middle ground where people get a license for a gun (proven with a blank criminal record, sanity confirmation from doctor and theoretical/practical examination), like EU you know. So why don't you first try something like giving people that need support, better support. That would be a good start without going all in with UBI. Maybe that would already help the many homeless people that are living on your streets.