You're just looking at numbers--that's a mistake. The real "cost" is in the unmeasurable factors of how such a policy would change social behavior. For exampl

You're just looking at numbers--that's a mistake. The real "cost" is in the unmeasurable factors of how such a policy would change social behavior. For example, if I'm guaranteed $1K/month, I could take that and, using the other passive income I have, quit my job and never work again. I'm 44, it would be a dream come true. Part of me says "bring it on" but the adult part of me realizes that you can't run a nation where everyone wants to retire early and produce nothing or next to nothing. I reminds me of Firefly and planet Miranda where everyone was drugged for "their own good" but they all just laid down and died!