> 1) 256 million @ 12K each is 3T, the current budget is 4.7T, current revenue is 3.5T. Always seems to be that 12K is too big for first iteration. 3T is about

> 1) 256 million @ 12K each is 3T, the current budget is 4.7T, current revenue is 3.5T. Always seems to be that 12K is too big for first iteration. 3T is about 15 % of US GDP. When i computed UBI for my home country (not US) with the same level as existing (means tested) minimum income social welfare benefit, i got that it would need 8 % of GDP. > Good luck raising taxes by almost double I also found that about 1/3 of necessary money could be get by removing basic per capita tax deduction. Which is technically tax increase, but it is neutral if one counts UBI as negative tax money. Another more than 1/3 could be get from state pensions by relabeling part of pension income as UBI. Some small part could be get from removing the minimum income social welfare benefit (but not other social welfare). Altogether that would cover more than 80% of necessary money and one would only need additional taxing of 1-2% of GDP (compared to existing 35%). 3) How will you handle people selling their UBI income stream for a lump sum, blowing it all, then starving anyway? Personal bankrupcy laws? 4) That would be 30 million that simply wont be able to handle being given money. If they had not be able to handle UBI money, then they would not be albe to handle wage money or existing means tested welfare money as well.