To a certain extent you have to give it to them to know they'd waste it horribly. One of the things I love about basic income is that if it's set high enough i

To a certain extent you have to give it to them to know they'd waste it horribly. One of the things I love about basic income is that if it's set high enough it really removes moral culpability from the rest of society. So even if your relatives can't make good decisions, you've established a moral high ground and can safely refuse and blame them going forward, whereas if you'd never given them money, it'd all be your fault still. The real problem with it is that's it's likely a massive labor subsidy, since basic income likely kills the minimum wage.