I think one of the main arguments I&#x27;ve heard for basic income is that welfare is a pit of failure.  Where you can make more on welfare then you can at a minimum wage job.<p>However, if you have a basic income that &quot;replaces&quot; welfare then no matter what job you get you always make more money.  So it&#x27;s better to have the basic income and work then to just have the basic income.<p>Of course the problem is MUCH more complex than that, and that is also dependent on replacing welfare not adding basic on top of welfare.  Hence the research but this is the basic idea I grab onto to think of how a basic income could be better then welfare.