&gt;Serious answer: besides the ongoing need of the &#x27;elite&#x27; for childcare, most proponents of basic income argue that people would not just play video games all day.<p>Unfortunately this is not the case. What do students who live on student loans and&#x2F;or parental stipend as a &quot;basic income&quot; do? You can expect more of that when the government becomes the parent doling out the stipend.