The parent was talking about American poor who do have enough income for housing and food but spend it on luxuries instead because of mismanagement. Kenya poor are probably completely different - not having enough for either housing or luxuries so when get get money, housing probably comes before a big TV.
Maybe they're different? Maybe not? Maybe the parent poster's parents were anomalous, and we shouldn't slag an experiment on the basis of one anecdote?
Let's do a study and find out! The point of the basic income experiment is that people don't have much of an idea of how it will play out - except that the study in Manitoba seemed to support the idea that the poor know what they need.
