The "Universal" in UBI has a meaning, which intends that everyone is an unconditional recipient, including taxpayers. Edit: To add, I'm not sure why we think

The "Universal" in UBI has a meaning, which intends that everyone is an unconditional recipient, including taxpayers. Edit: To add, I'm not sure why we think a real "experiment" wouldn't also include the actual payment into the program. Is there an explanation? All I can see is the intent of the "experiment" is to say, "UBI is good [no matter the cost]." This is unconvincing, to say anything is worth the effort regardless of the cost. But I don't want to set up a strawman. I'm curious if people have a good reason to say why the cost should not be accounted for, or if it somehow is, and I'm just not seeing it.