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Food and housing should be covered as part of basic income. We absolutely have the global production for it. The implementation is all but blocked because of earth-legacy, so I'm not saying it's practical with today's society. It would take extreme global change.
People make comments like "then why would anybody work" but that doesn't take into account how damn efficient our farming and production is. We're on the cusp of extreme automation and the actual number of workers required is very low. People would still work to own better homes, better food, better cars, better electronics, more access to travel, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not sure how to get there form here, but there's nothing technical preventing it - only sociological. Which is a bigger hurdle in my opinion. Technology is easy. People are not.