It wouldn't. That's exactly why UBI doesn't pass muster - the per capita is much higher since 323 million is the entire population, disregarding the unemployed,

It wouldn't. That's exactly why UBI doesn't pass muster - the per capita is much higher since 323 million is the entire population, disregarding the unemployed, children, retired, etc. Then you still have to have the requisite safety nets for people too irresponsible to handle a direct UBI cash infusion, or set up even more bureaucracies that handle housing credits, food credits, etc. It just leads to an expensive sprawling bureaucratic nightmare where the end result is even more expensive government services, and prices inevitably end up rising because suddenly everyone has all this extra money to spend that's guaranteed. The numbers haven't ever and will never add up, unless you just advocate straight-up jacking the taxes on the upper brackets sky-high.