there's a reason it doesn't enter economists heads. Let me just respond to this: the basic income was in large part created by Milton Friedman, under the title

there's a reason it doesn't enter economists heads. Let me just respond to this: the basic income was in large part created by Milton Friedman, under the title 'Negative Income Tax'. The rest of your post is similarly flawed. This is not a case, however, where there are 2 sides of the debate.