Criticisms
Criticism can concern the level of basic income. If it is too low, it can fail to satisfy some people's comfort levels in expensive urban centers. The solution is to work, or have room mates, or petition government to eliminate other programs so as to be able to increase basic income levels. It is also possible for cities, provinces or states to supplement national basic income.
It is possible that basic income level is set too high, requiring tax rates that discourage work too much, or comfort levels from basic income alone high enough for too many to refuse work. For any society, a sustainable (high) level of basic income is based on its citizens dispositions towards ambition and work, the level of automation and productivity and thus need for work, and the actual economic activity occurring in society at any one time.
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