EXCERPTS FROM "The Conversation About Basic Income is a Mess. Here’s How to Make Sense of It."  http://evonomics.com/basic-income-conversation-make-sense-charlie-young/

"Universal Basic Income (UBI) is either absolutely bonkers pie-in-the-sky thinking or an ingenious idea whose time has come – depending on whom you ask.  A litany of recent articles argue for and against the idea of giving every resident of a society or economy a guaranteed income stream, usually sufficient to live above the poverty line, regularly and into perpetuity. 

"Those arguing for say that it offers a potential new awakening of cultural expression, as well as dismantling the disincentives to work associated with means-tested benefits, while supporting us through an age of automation, and also creating space for re-imagining ownership of the commons. 

"Those against say that there’s no such thing as free money, that people would simply stop working, that layabouts get enough as it is."--CONTINUED BELOW