> Demand gets higher, and prices for those goods go up. Then everyone will complain that they aren't getting their basic income anymore and demand the basic in

> Demand gets higher, and prices for those goods go up. Then everyone will complain that they aren't getting their basic income anymore and demand the basic income be raised. > On top of that, necessary goods with a satiation point (e.g. food and shelter) would be more resistant to these effects. The opposite seems to occur in practice. The price of whatever is subsidized goes up. Example: Cost of education. The only way to prevent this is to impose price controls. Single payer medical schemes are a great example.