Governments shouldn&#x27;t provide money. The ideas behind basic income are to ensure the majority of people are one step higher on the hierarchy of needs.<p>That said, it would be best for governments to provide free safe housing, heat, sanitation, food, water, communications (fast internet and telephone), medical care (including preventive care through gym memberships and such), and high quality accessible education, certification.<p>The reason I don&#x27;t like basic income: while in comparison it&#x27;s a lot easier to budget, it&#x27;s also a lot harder to keep up to date, or keep geographically relevant. It&#x27;s harder to find efficiencies, like Soylent for food or improving gyms, hospitals, schools. Its easily abused, money can buy guns or heroin, it doesn&#x27;t always get used for food. Meanwhile, food in a world where food is free can only feed you and your family.