someone said something like "the one question I have about BI, is, is there an ADDITIONAL safety net if a person burns through their cash and can't pay rent and eat? Beecause if yes, then it's just like the system we have now with welfare. And if not, then it's even crueler cuz some people won't eat." After reading this "provide money for the rest of their lives" from jacques mattheij I think I have an answer to that question. We give people BI in the form of litterally $100,000 a year job. You come on payroll, 100k, and you get to learn how to live on that. If your car breaks down, and there's a big payment you need to make, you gotta learn how rain in your spending. If you still can't eat after 100k goto a soup kitchen, someone will take pitty on you I'm sure, but, no there is no more safety net. The key to BI is you have to make the amount not just 30k a year or 50k. People really need to know what it's like to have all the expenses paid AND have stuff left over for fun. You just can't have fun on 50k cuz after rent and food and other basic stuff, there is zero left. Not true with 100k.