&gt;It would be my responsibility to work harder because all of this money has to come from somewhere.<p>You don&#x27;t work because it&#x27;s your responsibility to make the economy function. You work because people give you incentives to do so. UBI just changes the incentives slightly: You can choose whether you want the minimum or whether you want to earn some luxuries.<p>You can argue about how many people are going to take the latter choice, but it&#x27;s ludicrous to suggest you would be forced towards it by your &quot;responsibility&quot; to the economy.<p>&gt;No one is going to pay me more under UBI than I earn now because I work harder.<p>If lots of people stop working, then those who continue to do so will become a lot more valuable, and companies will have to pay them more as a result.