Hi @Scottsantens Apologies for the extremely delayed response. I needed to take some time to learn more about your ideas and the UBI concept as a whole in order to better add value to this discussion. At the end of the day, I completely agree with most everything you are saying in philosophy and in spirit.
I noticed the goal that it appears that you have is to petition our governments to enact laws creating a UBI. I think this is marvelous!
I also believe there is another approach, this is a 'bottom-up' approach. Rather than dedicating my energy towards modifying the current systems I have been actively engaged in creating complementary systems that can be enacted at a community level to achieve similar results and start to transition society. This scale can impact a community on a monthly time scale opposed to the yearly/decade timescale of governments.
You mentioned in your Alaska article.
"economic rent could start to be diverted from rentiers directly to citizens before any of it reaches the hands of governments or corporations"
I couldn't agree more. However, I wanted a model that was even more direct than the one you detailed. So. Here it is!
This is all to say that I have been engaged in designing a new society model (called Our NeighbourGood) with an economic model centered on a Crypto-currency that would be able to begin to enact UBI-like policies. I would love some feedback from you on the functionality and methodology I have described.
Challenging the Old Money Gods (Including Bitcoin)! A New Crypto-Currency for a New Society!
https://steemit.com/money/@rieki/onc-a-new-coin-for-a-new-society-a-solution-for-ubi-decentralization-and-ecological-destruction-all-addressed-in-one-coin
If you have a moment to weight in on this idea. I would greatly appreciate any contributions you could make our insights you could offer!
Warmly,
Rieki