It's a word with way too much baggage. There's a flip side to that, too, though - our relationship with "work" is every bit as transmutable as "do." The trick is getting the other side to agree with your position and every now and then you'll run across some putz advocating basic income without so much as paying lip service to the sausage-making of that level of welfare.
Sometimes I feel like the only person around here who truly believes that far too large a percentage of the population would be sufficiently satisfied with rotting away on a sofa watching Jersey Shore reruns literally forever. However, it's a testament to the optimism of Hubski's users that they believe larger numbers of people would contribute more to society in a basic income system. Naive, I think, but admirable....every now and then you'll run across some putz advocating basic income without so much as paying lip service to the sausage-making of that level of welfare.