I absolutely want UBI tried in my country.
We have to have it. Economies will fail if consumers have no income to consume with.
UBI doesn't have to be government funded. Alaska has UBI funded by energy companies and Norway has royalties that energy companies have to pay... the concept being that the natural resources are owned by all the people in that country and not just whoever owns that specific bit of land. I really like that concept.
I really liked the idea that (I think it was) Andrew Yang was proposing where tech companies have to pay us for all our data they are using. UBI could be funded by tech companies.
I see UBI as the people getting paid what they are entitled to. At the moment corporations have convinced us they should get all our resources for free.
For sure. Governments have sold the people out, by promoting that corporations provide jobs, so should pay less tax. That is no longer the case, abd as you say, they are using our resources.
Norway owns around 2% of all stocks on the world, financed by oil. Taxes are high there, as are living expenses, but they also have a very good quality of life, with lots of social support.
Lots to hate about UBI also, but currently, the pros outweigh the cons abd doing nothing is not an option.