i'm in favor of something like a basic income, and my reasoning in part comes down to something very much like that in the article - we are already subsidizing

i'm in favor of something like a basic income, and my reasoning in part comes down to something very much like that in the article - we are already subsidizing people, and we're doing it badly with political overtones, so let's just get rid of the crap and make the system work. I'd like it to go hand-in-hand with other sanity measures, like eliminating the gov't agency habit of foolishly spending their "leftover" money at the end of the fiscal year to avoid budget reductions the next year. It's a clear demonstration that the money isn't needed, and I'd rather see an ordinary citizen get to decide how that money is spent, because the gov't is just throwing it to well-heeled contractors who don't really need it.