"I'm not sure how much it erodes the desire to work" Probably about to the amount of working time and thus income it replaces? That could be an hour a day, a d

"I'm not sure how much it erodes the desire to work" Probably about to the amount of working time and thus income it replaces? That could be an hour a day, a day a week, or a week per month depending again on how much UBI we're talking? "Having a minimum wage job that that keeps you at the the poverty level doesn't really dissuade people from wanting more and trying to get it." That's because the job isn't keeping someone at the poverty level, they are keeping themselves at the poverty level by choice. Sometimes, some people choose to change that because they realize they are the only thing holding themselves back, not the other way around. "The entire culture of having a "career path" with an upward trajectory runs counter to the idea that people, given something like UBI, will suddenly stop wanting & being willing to work for more." Agreed...although many in America are already choosing to reject the notion of a "career path" and have relinquished their desires for "upward trajectory" - and that's before UBI.