&gt;The times that BI has been tried have not had the outcome you describe<p>You&#x27;ll need to make a citation for that claim.<p>&gt;After that, if they want a nice car, a nicer house, they would have to work<p>In your second paragraph they only need to work in order to have nice things, in the next paragraph there is no work to be had, so basic income is needed to eat...<p>&quot;The times that BI has been tried, people still work.&quot;<p>vs.<p>&quot;You need a job to eat -- it&#x27;s just a shame that there are no jobs anymore.&quot;<p>You&#x27;re in open contradiction of yourself.<p>EDIT - To add, I think you misunderstood my analogy.  It&#x27;s not that the kids are suddenly lazy and don&#x27;t want to work, it&#x27;s that one more piece of candy isn&#x27;t that inciting.  You&#x27;re going to have to break out another bag of candy before they&#x27;re even paying attention to you.