Seeing both sides of my family doing everything they can to scam the government and NGOs for benefits just so they can avoid going to work, I always think the

Seeing both sides of my family doing everything they can to scam the government and NGOs for benefits just so they can avoid going to work, I always think the UBI might only work as intended for perhaps 10% of the most highly motivated individuals among us. If I had UBI, I'd quit my skilled and productive developer job and probably drive a taxi, because it's more satisfying, even though my contribution to the society will be much smaller and in a certain sense, my skills would be wasted. And I'd probably take half a year off on a beach every year. Because of that, my tax contribution would be much smaller (probably zero), and the country would have less money to treat sick people, buy hospital equipment and build housing for the poor. That would worsen life outcomes for many people and will likely cause additional deaths.