Just because a prominent conservative supported the idea doesn't make it a conservative ideal. If you were to poll conservatives on the idea of basic income yo

Just because a prominent conservative supported the idea doesn't make it a conservative ideal. If you were to poll conservatives on the idea of basic income you will not find wide support for it, you'll hear it called welfare and income redistribution. What the conservative party is now bears little resemblance to what it was in the 60's and a negative income tax is not the same thing as a basic income anyway. You've confused support for an idea among intellectuals for support for the idea of the party. The conservative party in no way supports the notion of a basic income, it is opposed to their very core of what the party is today. Lincoln for example was a republican, but by today's standards he's a liberal. Basic income is a liberal policy in today's world, not a conservative one by any means. It is very much a liberal policy.