Answers like this consider a society of one (or one plus family) and doesn&#x27;t comprehend how the health and well being of a society directly correlates to the health and well being of the one.<p>But put that aside for a second. You <i>also</i> get this basic income, which is basically just printed money, so your taxes aren&#x27;t helping someone else create art with UBI (but they sure are now, in actual reality). Your moral outrage about someone &quot;creating art&quot; as though it&#x27;s less hard than your job is laughable, and oh by the way, your reward is income far above UBI, so you exist on a different financial plane for your hard work anyway.<p>But lower crime and happier people and less burden on courts and properly fed kids that lead to a better educated generation and less terrible schools in inner cities and every other benefit you receive from basic income and not one ounce of your &quot;hard work&quot; is just a step too far for you?