Can I tell you how our (U.S.) semi-universal basic income saved me? I have Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar Type and Partial ADA deficiency. In 2003 I was une

Can I tell you how our (U.S.) semi-universal basic income saved me? I have Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar Type and Partial ADA deficiency. In 2003 I was unemployed and spiraling in psychosis and the hospitalized. Unbeknownst to my, a friends, who's father was a lawyer, had one of his underlings start signing me up for Disability, which I have been on ever since. Over the years I have studied my disorder, both genetically and psychologically, and I feel this year, as I approach 60, I find myself stable enbough that I might start part time work. I do not need daily medication anymore because of my genetic and nutritional insights. Now imagine what the $2000 a month I received would do for someone who did not have my disability? Most people (even my family(!) (who I disowned)) thought I did not want to work. Yes, I was making bank before my illness took me over as a Network Engineer, but no one knows the isolation of not working. By the way, $2000/month still leaves me homeless so... I will never understand the feeling people have that if you help people everyone will take advantage of it. Some will, but most will not. We have such a dim view of people who are poor, like it is always their fault, and never anything outside of their control. I guess that illusion of control is what keeps people mentally secure.