I'll admit I scoffed at the notion of a universal basic income the first time I heard about it, but my thoughts on it have changed over the past couple years and especially since the start of the troubles of the last year.
I know it is really unlikely to ever happen, but why don't we seriously consider a UBI? We are (at least in theory) the "richest" country in the world, yet the median income is just over $30,000?! That just seems crazy to me.