There's also the unspoken issue... there are probably a decent number of people who profit off the current system that who do not want their meal ticket cut off

There's also the unspoken issue... there are probably a decent number of people who profit off the current system that who do not want their meal ticket cut off. (Of course, this is ignoring the idea that UBI would possibly let them do something better with their lives, but humans are gonna human, right?)