Basic income might be okay in the beginning. But over time, I forsee more and more people using it, depending on it, and not contributing enough back into the system.  Eventually it will collapse.<p>In my old neighborhood, I&#x27;ve seen generations of families living on welfare.  They have no incentive to get a job and would much rather live without having to work.  Since having children means more money from the government, the daughters of the family have as many as possible.<p>We need to promote prosperity, not deincenitivize it.<p>There should be a law in place that to vote on ideas like this, you need to prove that you paid some sort of tax in the last year.  It could even be at a minimum wage job.<p>This way, we don&#x27;t have people that don&#x27;t know what it&#x27;s like to pay money to the government, voting on laws in which they will never contribute.<p>I know so many people that change their mind on some of these ideas, when they realize they will be getting less money in their paycheck.