Aj why must you bring your 'socialist dogma' into every debate/conversation? Calm down and debate with compassion and wisdom not past rules. My reading of the article is that Ivo gave the subject's pros and cons a reasonable/wide coverage so respond with wisdom not ideology. My knee jerk reaction to UBI is always positive. From past experience the main people against it (in the US anyway) are the chattering elites (both parties and the huge trusts) who gain so much wealth/power from the current wide and complicated social systems, about $22 trillion spent the past 20 years. Just get Trump to mention the phrase UBI and there would be a tsunami of bile, hate and negativity against the concept. It is definitely a system worth considering and debating, especially in our very diverse multi cultural society with its huge gaps in wealth. Something similar to the UK's NHS, a system for all to be proud of, that actually helps most of the population. Greed, corruption etc will always be there.