It is not correct that inflation “has killed the little guy.” Wages have kept up with inflation and no we don’t print money or not much, the Treasury borrows money it does not just print it.
The Fed is holding a few trillion in Treasury bonds and T bills but that does not seem to be stimulating much inflation. If the government was allowed to pay UBI without borrowing the money on the open market that would create much more inflation, Social Security is inflation adjusting and so are most government wages, UBI would need to be inflation adjusting as well and workers would need to demand that all wages be adjusted for inflation.
Real buying power rises with automation as it has throughout history.
Wage rise and buying power rises leading to greater affluence. We are so rich it is killing us and the planet.
TEK