I'm living on less than $12k in Oakland while also self-funding a homebuilding startup. What do you mean "can't do anything"? I have to be careful when I do a work day with my partner, because I can't always afford it, so progress is slow, but it's working. It's happening. He wanted to work this weekend, but I'm just barely going to make rent so we have to wait. We're doing a work day next weekend though.
It's not meant to be literal, but anyways the fact that you are prevented from working because you have so little money available says enough.
I've lived on $30k and that takes a lot of sacrifice. It's hard for me to imagine $12k. Even a ghetto $500 a month apartment means you're left with $500 for food, transport, etc. Ugh. Car insurance and gasoline cuts out a car. Public transport can still be expensive. You're either walking or biking and probably renting a bedroom? Someone's subsidizing your diet and/or you are eating lots of cheap food. It'd be interesting to hear more about how you pull it off.
No car. I only use public transit a few times a week. I walk a lot. It's not hard to eat for $100-200 a month if you cook for yourself. You're right it's a sacrifice, but it's doable. It would not be doable on $0, and that's the difference basic income makes.
I have an immense amount of stress from coming up with the $1000 every month. It's hard to predict, but I suspect without that distraction I would be further along in my process. It's been slow, although I'm almost done with this phase.
"It's not meant to be literal, but anyways the fact that you are prevented from working because you have so little money available says enough."
Wait, if he got that money in basic income then he wouldn't have to work his day job as much, giving him both more time and money to bootstrap his business, yeah?
