> Plenty of people already receive checks from the government every month that they live on, in exchange for no real work responsibilities. There should alread

> Plenty of people already receive checks from the government every month that they live on, in exchange for no real work responsibilities. There should already be a not-so-huge wave of accomplishment coming from all these people. [...] but there isn't But that's no surprise -- the reason they're receiving the money in the first place is because they are unable to work in some capacity. It's need-based (old age, disability, etc.). The basic income system would give it to everyone, widening the demographic considerably. >Just about everything that we consider a real advance comes from people working the system that exists using their own ingenuity, not from people allowed to escape the system by providing them an inalienable source of income. It's not at all clear that lack of guaranteed income plays a roll in the 'ingenuity' of the working population. In fact, if we look at the extreme examples, founders of highly successful businesses often had significant family income that allowed them to accomplish what they have.