>>>> Would it then not make sense for people working poor jobs to quit and just get the guaranteed basic income along with all their free time? In some states,

>>>> Would it then not make sense for people working poor jobs to quit and just get the guaranteed basic income along with all their free time? In some states, this is evidence this is already happening: http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/08/10/shocking-fox-news-reporting-interview-unabashed-surfer-receiving-food-stamps http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/08/10/shocking-fox-news-repor... Some facts to support your question: "As of the latest data released on September 6, 2013, the total is 47.76 million, which is more than the entire populations of many large nations." source: http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts Compared to when Clinton was in office: “Caseloads declined by 54 percent. Sixty percent of mothers who left welfare found work, far surpassing predictions of experts,” President Clinton wrote in a 2006 op-ed in the New York Times. “Child poverty dropped to 16.2 percent in 2000, the lowest rate since 1979, and in 2000, the percentage of Americans on welfare reached its lowest level in four decades.” source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/18/welfare-reform-took-people-off-the-rolls-it-might-have-also-shortened-their-lives/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/18/w...