Can a universal basic income work? Another country is giving it a go

"while poverty itself is reduced and work is encouraged"

Neither of these things are true with UBI. Not everyone is ambitious or has career goals. Giving out free money will encourage many to not look for work and continue to barely scrape by. The end result will be future generations of more poverty.

We should abolish welfare (except for the small percentage of people that physically can't work) and turn UBI into a government jobs program. You will need to work every day picking up garbage, answering the phones, or working on infrastructure jobs assigned to you to get money from the government.