So, hold on, everyone already has the government involved in their financial lives. It's called the Tax department. They already can meddle in our lives by playing with these taxes. So, no real difference other than they are giving out money. It's important with UBI that U = Unconditional. It's not that BI is dangerous, it's just we have to setup the correct legal frameworks when implementing it. Seems way less dangerous than Tax to me where government gets to take whatever share it feels fit from what you earn :)