I also found the idea very interesting, but I don't necessarily agree with all the risks you have identified. - "at the condition that we suppress all other fo

I also found the idea very interesting, but I don't necessarily agree with all the risks you have identified. - "at the condition that we suppress all other forms of benefits": mostly agree, except for benefits related to disabilities. I would still make a distinction between people who are able to work, and people who not only cannot work but need help (sometimes costly help) just to stay alive, and everything in-between. - "this will lead more people to stop working": could be, or it could be the opposite, but it's hard to know without experimenting. Single mothers or fathers working 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet would probably keep at most one and spend more time with their kid(s). Students would probably just focus on their studies. But on the other hand unemployment benefits and related schemes are so badly designed (in general) that for lots of people currently collecting welfare, working would result either in the same purchasing power, or more likely a net decrease in purchasing power. I don't know the situation in US, but it certainly is like that in France. Unconditional Basic Income means every dollar earned on the job is a dollar (minus x% of taxes) extra spendable income. I believe money to be a better source of motivation than some vague sense of duty. - "mass immigration": there are already societies living on nearly unconditional basic income, where the only condition is to have the right citizenship -> Qatar, etc. The result is not great for the poor immigrants doing the actual work. This is the IMHO the biggest issue with Unconditional Basic Income: how to make it work when getting it will never be quite that universal, but depends on which side of the border and/or citizenship you're standing? EDIT: typo