I'm intrigued with the idea of the government just delivering a bucket of money to every household once a year. An advantage is that you place some sort of flo

I'm intrigued with the idea of the government just delivering a bucket of money to every household once a year. An advantage is that you place some sort of floor under everyone's income, that would mitigate against basic poverty issues like homelessness, no money for food or health care, etc. Another advantage is that everyone still has the same incentives to work Hmmm. That sounds like what I just wrote. Here is the link again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income I know there are lots of potential problems with this idea Actually, there are not any problems with it. A capitalist society cannot function on a healthy level without universal no-strings-attached trickle-capital. However, I am interested in finding out what you find wrong with the idea.