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30 million adults in California x $1,000 x 12 months = $360 billion / year. 20% of adults are on Medicaid though, so if they're excluded it's $288 billion / ye

30 million adults in California x $1,000 x 12 months = $360 billion / year. 20% of adults are on Medicaid though, so if they're excluded it's $288 billion / year. California's total current budget is around $210 billion. So taxes would more than double. On average each adult's taxes would go up by the amount of the UBI. The specifics of who would bear more of a tax burden would depend on how it's taxed. Under this plan, taxing consumption and excluding Medicaid recipients would mean the tax burden would fall disproportionately on low income households.

speedplane 7y ago
> 30 million adults in California x $1,000 x 12 months = $360 billion / year. 20% of adults are on Medicaid though, so if they're excluded it's $288 billion / year. This is the real fear that progressives have about UBI... that it's a replacement for government services. Converting government healthcare into an equivalent check will effectively take away healthcare from millions of people.