I see a lot of comments here by people wondering if we have the money to support a UBI . I ' d contend that ' s not the issue . The question is if we have the resources to do it . To paraphrase Allen Watts , saying we don ' t have enough money as a society to accomplish something is like stopping a construction project because we ran out of inches . Does America produce enough for everyone to have food , shelter , communications , and a reasonable amount of entertainment ? I ' d say yes , we do . I don ' t mean to trivialize the financing aspects which I ' m sure will require some hard work , but just pointing out we currently have the ability to provide for everyone . That ' s not really in question . What ' s in question is our will to do so .