"For reference, the US Poverty Line is $11,670 ... The net result of these problems means that the official US Poverty rate is not really sensible measurement o

"For reference, the US Poverty Line is $11,670 ... The net result of these problems means that the official US Poverty rate is not really sensible measurement of poverty in the US. ... So implementing Basic Income at this amount [$12,000] would immediately eliminate poverty in the US." This doesn't make sense. The current poverty line is two to three times below what it should be. Implementing a $12k a year basic income would only end poverty in theory based on the current definition and amount which is "not really sensible measurement of poverty in the US." It's impossible to deduce which of the mutually exclusive statements the authors agree with, although it seems to be that that the current US Poverty rate is actually a very accurate measurement of poverty in the US, off by only $330 from what is "not poverty." "We feel there is very little necessary transportation today that is not related to work or entertainment, so is therefore excluded." So this idea is based on the assumption that people on basic income should forget about finding a job in most of America, at least the parts without free or low-cost mass transit (pretty much all of it). Most of these people will never have a chance to work again. What about trips to the doctor or the supermarket. The authors are just completely out of touch with American reality here.