&gt; Remember that basic income displaces payouts from other social programs.<p>That&#x27;s the marketing speech, but in reality, I doubt it.<p>There is a very large sector of government and GONGO  employees who will argue how for each of them, the particular payout they are handling is very important and the basic income should not displace that particular system, or the sky will fall on all of us.<p>I don&#x27;t believe the basic income system will displace the housing support, for instance. Same applies to many other kinds of social assistance. The trade unions will howl about the unemployment funds that they control but are financially maintained through taxes. Etc.<p>And there&#x27;s a lot stopping a government making taxes more progressive. For instance, the fact that revenues might actually decrease. Finland is already having a very very high tax wedge.