Once again, the discussion about the basic income is framed as &quot;would people work or sit on their ass&quot;. This is a red herring. People receive free stuff all the time, from nature, from technology. In general, free things do not make people worse off, it&#x27;s just more widely discussed, as are instances of men biting dogs.<p>What people end up doing on a basic income is far less relevant than what people end up <i>not</i> doing due to the taxation burden of funding a basic income. It&#x27;s telling that the post contains no mention whatsoever of studying the impact of the taxation.