> Gerald W. Johnson, a journalist who covered The New Deal during the 30’s for the Baltimore Sun, wrote that what angry poor people want is never usually money (or else they would have revolted a long time ago), but hope for a better future for either them or their children.

Improving upward mobility out of poverty is a big part of the motivation for replacing means-tested aid with UBI, so while that's probably true, using it as an argument against UBI ignores what it is replacing; it's not money replacing not-money, it's money with conditions that actively fight moving up with money with terms which complement moving up.

> UBI is not a long term solution

Yes, it is. It's not a complete solution, but it is a long-term one.