Two thoughts: I'm nearly positive that basic income means _part of_ "your income", and not "your income". The intent of basic income I have read about is to i

Two thoughts: I'm nearly positive that basic income means _part of_ "your income", and not "your income". The intent of basic income I have read about is to increase the personal freedom and provide a flexible safety net for the poorest individuals. And for personal freedom I'm guessing you can take or leave the basic income -- but none will because it's money right? And about your second thought, you could use evidence for politicians elected based on their promises to raise or lower taxes -- which is essentially an income increase or reduction (for various income subsets of the population).