&gt; People don&#x27;t need jobs, they need money. Jobs are the only legal way to get money but money is the issue, not jobs.<p>People don&#x27;t need money, they need a level of security in the basic necessities: food, water, shelter.  Money is the primary legal way to get these things, but the basic necessities are the issue, not money.<p>Basic income, or any good solution involving money, is pragmatic and worthy of consideration since money is so embedded in the culture, but when we are talking about real needs we&#x27;re talking about physical needs, of which money is not one.