OK, well this is a good thing for YC to fund an experiment to test.<p>If given basic income, do people spend money on food and shelter, and plan out a good life, or do they live day-to-day and remain a burden on society?<p>This is why I think education, for example, comes before basic income.  Without education, you can easily imagine people remaining homeless despite the income.<p>Of course some people will succeed and some won&#x27;t -- the question is the ratio.<p>Some rich people are scrupulous; some rich people waste their money.  I don&#x27;t see any reason to believe that poor people are any different.  I think we can still help those people with education, etc. without wasting taxpayer dollars.  But how much would be &quot;wasted&quot; is of course an open question.