The previous post shows that the GOP, which purports to be a family-friendly party, is actually split on issues pertaining to the family. One faction, which is in what may be terminal decline, is willing to spend public money to strengthen families; two others, however, feel far more strongly about work, liberty, and self-reliance than child protection. To them, poverty is a good thing, because it is a powerful motivator to be industrious and get ahead. And if children, who cannot be expected to be hard working, rugged individuals, get caught in the crossfire, they are just acceptable collateral damage.
In other words, the Victorian ethos is alive and well in America, even in a pandemic. It makes the very notion of a UBI, regardless of its merits, a distant dream.