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A lot of the people objecting also think someday they're going to be a baron of industry who needs income incentives to keep workers toiling away for them.

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No, that's just a straw man. A lot of people are paying giant amounts of taxes and they'd rather not see them go up much further.

If your tax burden is overwhelming to your finances you are going to get more out of UBI than you get taxed into it lest its failed in its primary goal of wealth redistribution.

You can still earn a lot, and be on the edge. I'm not, but a lot are.

My tax burden isn't overwhelming, but I'd sure like to pay less rather than more. UBI would mean I'd have to pay more (no, "we'll just cut the overhead of existing social programs" will neither be enough -not by a long shot-, nor work, as we'll still need some/many of those social programs).

I'd very much prefer others working as well instead of me having to work more to make up for their not-working, ergo I'm not such a big fan of that kind of wealth redistribution. I'd like a wealth redistribution combined with a work-load redistribution though. They work, I work less, I make less money, they make money, the contribute.

UBI would ideally be based on taxing automation and increased productivity, not worker incomes.

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