I think the packaging is incredibly important -<p>negative income &#x2F; social welfare are packaged in a way that telegraphs dependency and low self-worth.<p>[ I would also be really interested in seeing an economic analysis of how much money and time is spent on administering social welfare ]<p>Basic income needs to be marketed as a positive way : here&#x27;s some money - it is your share of the basic wealth from the land&#x2F;resources and the benefits of our technology to the country - do something useful with it.<p>[ I also wonder how many of those &#x27;lazy-dole-bludgers&#x27; now on social welfare would have a better sense of self-worth, and actually get off their arse and do something useful if we didn&#x27;t make it so clear to them they were total failures from school age ]