If it's not a hard cutoff as suggested upthread but just a progressive phaseout then the responsible person still has a reward and yet the benefits can be focus

If it's not a hard cutoff as suggested upthread but just a progressive phaseout then the responsible person still has a reward and yet the benefits can be focused on the needy. I'm a proponent of BI but I have to point out that means-testing doesn't imply perverse incentives.