[rukittenme]

I personally am against UBI but...

> If everyone is entitled to a basic income as a matter of right, that means others must be coerced into handing over the fruits of their labor.

...is not an approrpiate response. Just because the government is funded through income at present doesn't mean its the only way to fund government. You could fund the government (and UBI) with a land-value-tax, for example.