For me, this is a problem. Though it is a minority, the fact still remains there will be people who are starving. Ideally, a welfare system (which I understand BI is not) should make sure that those on it can only spend the money on necessities (accomplished through things like food stamps). If we eliminate current systems and replace them with things that are not welfare (ie BI), we are allowing for a subset of the population, who may have never learned good personal finance or are not used to such a system, to starve. I am not comfortable with such a program. I certainly see the benefits of BI, and I agree that the current welfare system is in need of overhaul. We must ask ourselves what the final goal of these programs is though, and if we conclude it is to provide the basic necessities for the people in our society, we should be sure the programs are actually achieving those goals.