The problem is the cost... If we can&#x27;t pay for people&#x27;s health care, I wonder why we think we can pay for everyone&#x27;s living expenses.<p>Suppose one person needs $100K to survive.  Is it moral to let that person die, and instead give $10K to 10 people as basic income?  That&#x27;s a real resource allocation decision that has to be made.<p>I will consider the argument that the government would be less efficient at providing food and shelter than giving people the money to do so... that could possibly be true on a large scale.