The US social security budget is 1.3trillion, so diverting all of it to BI would get people 30% of the way towards the goal of reaching the poverty line. It ma

The US social security budget is 1.3trillion, so diverting all of it to BI would get people 30% of the way towards the goal of reaching the poverty line. It may be that getting everyone above the poverty line is infeasible. It may be that the poverty line may be sidestepped, say, by relocating to a poorer (less costly) region of the country. Food for thought. I haven't really formed an opinion on it, really. The numbers don't look that off, at first inspection. Reference: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_State...