Frugal lifestyles at a modest UBI payout will never know the stick, if the payout is high enough no one will ever know the stick. My point is merely that if the payout allows for a &#x27;basic&#x27; income and does as is advertised then there really isn&#x27;t much of a stick to fear, by some definitions of the &#x27;stick&#x27; the &#x27;stick&#x27; is eliminated in a scenario where everyone has basic income. Not everyone runs on merely carrots.