The best thing I can see about a BI system that replaced the myriad of welfare programs we have now is that it (if implemented correctly) would remove a lot of the perverse incentives that keep people at the edge in dependent situations.  Anecdata, but I&#x27;ve known people that turned down work or dropped out of the workforce because the extra income would be enough to put their households over the top of certain income &quot;cliffs&quot; that are built into some of the crappy welfare systems they took advantage of - a small bit of extra money wasn&#x27;t worth crossing that Rubicon of whatever multiple of the poverty line, and losing their heating assistance, or free healthcare, and whatnot.