Greg Rubottom, Springfield

The Universal Basic Income is about to descend upon the earth from on high. I don't know if I myself will live to see it implemented — but I have seen it in my mind's eye and boy is it something spectacular to behold.

UBI will alter the very nature of our humanity. Human beings not shackled with the struggle to survive will become much more benevolent, cooperative human beings, with far better mental health.

I was shocked to learn that many right-wing media outlets are open to the idea of UBI. The logic they use to justify giving free money to people is it would replace all current welfare programs for about the same cost. One conservative think tank estimates we could pay every American citizen over the age of 18 about $1,000 a month for less than our current welfare expenditures.

Some proponents of modern slavery have dismissed the idea of UBI by making the unfounded claim that everyone will quit working if UBI is implemented. Yeah right. Everyone wants to live right at the poverty level and no higher. I don't think that's human nature. Instead, imagine being middle class while working for minimum wage. Imagine having the freedom to pursue what you really want to do in life — even if that something doesn't make you much money.

UBI is more than common sense economics, it is a transformational solution to systemic world problems. The Universal Basic Income will bring the left and right in this country together and save the world in the process. Parents currently living in poverty should fall on their knees and weep for joy for their young children. Your children are going to have access to a better life after all. Start demanding your children's rightful inheritance now.