RE: Basic Income? (revised intro - excuse my lack of understanding at the time of writing this)
Well you are ranting about assumptions towards people without creating an argument as to why basic income can't work.
We've actually already got a basic income system set up in most modern countries anyways.. It's called welfare or social assistance, And last time I checked all it did was enable obese lazy people to feed off of the society's tax dollars and enables addicts and junkies to do f**K all with their lives.. Do we really want to further expedite the problem by enabling these slothful, weak willed individuals to carry on?
Basic Income has a basic principle in common with welfare, yes. doesnt dis/prove anything.
There is more evidence that people will create and contribute when they have the needs hierarchy met then there is evidence that people will just do nothing. Canadas welfare system does not meet basic needs it's not a model for the feasibility of BI.
Basic income could work, However by simply printing bills or cutting the spending budget elsewhere you'll realize very soon after that what end up happening is you end up breeding a lazy peoples which you're unable to siphon tax money to thrown back into the system.
Money exists as a tool to make trading easier but also to invoke stress on your average person.. This stress motivates people to get up out of bed and do productive things. If you cover everyones basic needs with about 4-5 generations what you'll be left with is a bunch of unskilled, lazy un-sustainable inhabitants and no tax income to support them.