Work is necessary to get a whole lot of stuff that needs to be done done. That does not mean that we should not have a basic income, reverse income tax, or gen

Work is necessary to get a whole lot of stuff that needs to be done done. That does not mean that we should not have a basic income, reverse income tax, or generous welfare system with few strings attached. However, it is annoying that proponents of basic income tax act as if the only reason for opposing basic income as a policy, is the idea that "work is necessary". The three policies I described are actually very similar, (well basic income is really a subset of negative income tax) but to choose between them is a subtle issue. Unfortunately the people who tend to get attached to political movements (or wannabe political movements) are rarely subtle. They prefer easy to identify bad guys, like people who believe in work as an ethical principal.