Taxes wouldn't necessarily be raised. The idea would be to replace many (possibly all) of the usual government social services by these payments. You already p

Taxes wouldn't necessarily be raised. The idea would be to replace many (possibly all) of the usual government social services by these payments. You already pay taxes, and they are already used to fund other people. The idea would be to allow people to choose individually how to spend this money. The goal is efficiency, fair distribution of benefits and elimination of bureaucracy and administrative overhead.