>they overlap randomly to nonsensical effect. Lots of the nonsensical stuff is not exactly random. Still the finances could be balanced like this and you coul

>they overlap randomly to nonsensical effect. Lots of the nonsensical stuff is not exactly random. Still the finances could be balanced like this and you could end up with an equal number of recipients receiving the same average benefit. Perhaps some efficiency through consolidation. There is serious consensus that this amount has not been enough for a while which is one of the things that sparks the discussion about UBI more often. Walmart & McDonalds might presently be employing the most noticable share of present recipients, but that is far from universal. Yet. Just like with health care, to get anywhere near universal you're going to have to tax something having deeper pockets than mere income no matter how many of the top wage-earners get high brackets and have loopholes closed. You're going to have to tax commerce. If that could be done plus phase out the income levies, that would be the best thing for a consumer economy in over 100 years.