except that the reason why the whole Basic Income thing started was due to automation's possible effect on the job market. As I understood it, it's more about a

except that the reason why the whole Basic Income thing started was due to automation's possible effect on the job market. As I understood it, it's more about a future where there simply aren't enough jobs on the low end to work, or the economics would make them like Mechanical Turk; impossible to actually live on. There won't be jobs for a lot of people to work to add to it.