My personal viewpoint is that you should be guaranteed survival and some opportunity by society, but not guaranteed income.<p>That is, you should get food, shelter, medical care, and education for free (this also implies free child care).  But you don&#x27;t get to buy a cell phone or an XBox or whatever -- you have to work for that.<p>In other words, I think basic income is jumping the gun a bit.  Who is going to PAY for this, if we&#x27;re not even willing to pay for the necessities of life?<p>People still die from untreated diseases, and I believe there is significant research to show that poor health CAUSES poverty (rather than poverty causing poor health).  If people are healthy they will likely be more productive members of society.