SNAP and letting them eat gruel

Unfortunately one of our own is a perfect example of why that kind of thinking is spiteful and cruel:

FFS this is why a basic income is an absolute good. He doesn’t deserve that kind of indignity, and in this society we would benefit by not grinding up people and spitting out the husk. A basic income may give him the breathing room to do something else productive, rather than being driven to the rather grim places they are.