OR.. with a basic income they have TIME to achieve dreams, realize potential and what not. Not everyone wants to sit on their ass and do nothing all day.

I suddenly would have a lot more time for volunteer work.

Most of the people I know who have degrees in social services, education and the like are working in the service industry because their chosen industries don’t pay enough to live. Imagine if we suddenly had an influx of people who wanted to help others into much needed sectors because they could now pay their rent via UBI and the meager pay they get from their chosen professions was the bonus money to allow them to be people who are able to enjoy their lives?? It’d help society so so much. Imagine the positive impact on homelessness, in overall societal mental health, on kids education. And then add to that the artists who would be able to pursue creative careers, the innovators and inventors who could take years or lifetimes to invent things that technologically move us forward. I think UBI would be the beginning of a modern renaissance!

say you don't understand the causes of poverty without saying you don't understand the causes of poverty

seriously I've done work in the projects with indigent families and every single one was doing everything they could to move up in the world for their children