This guy ran the numbers https://medium.com/@keredson/the-real-cost-of-universal-basic-income-757b6573e277#.glftfprl1 https://medium.com/@keredson/the-real-cost

This guy ran the numbers https://medium.com/@keredson/the-real-cost-of-universal-basic-income-757b6573e277#.glftfprl1 https://medium.com/@keredson/the-real-cost-of-universal-basi... and found there wouldn't be an increase. And the author of that article seems to miss the point of UBI, yes the ideal would be to get everyone into work, but pretty soon there isn't going to be enough jobs for everyone.