[crtified]

You quit working in the conventional, modern, hierarchical contract employment system - a very tight and specific definition of "work".

But I'd be very surprised if you didn't still spend a goodly proportion of your time beavering away at endeavours that were productive to yourself or others in your family and community.

[david-gpu]

The discussion is around sustainability: when people quit paid work they no longer contribute to the very tax base that is necessary to sustain a basic income.

[crtified]

Most UBI proposals I've heard of are the equivalent of $5.00-7.50 per hour wage. If what you imply were true - that upon achieving that level, people simply said "goal reached" and ceased to be further productive - then the USA median hourly wage would not be $22.

[CuriousSkeptic]

UBI could be funded in other ways than taxes. Instead we could collect rent from all commons added to the economy as private assets.