Yes, you're right. To be clear, Friedman's NIT was merely a spiritual successor to the UBI, and the EITC is of course what happens when ideas traverse through

Yes, you're right. To be clear, Friedman's NIT was merely a spiritual successor to the UBI, and the EITC is of course what happens when ideas traverse through the bastardization of academia to actual policy making. Who is to say what an actual UBI would look like after undergoing a similar process.