I don't see your email address in your profile. I did the calculation about 3 years ago for Canada, so it may or may not be useful. It is not so far fetched wh

I don't see your email address in your profile. I did the calculation about 3 years ago for Canada, so it may or may not be useful. It is not so far fetched when you consider that we already provide some welfare support and a progressive income tax schedule with a complete exemption for low incomes. Most basic incomes proposals would do away with regular social assistance (while retaining special programs for the disabled, etc.) and would do away with the exemption for low incomes, since that is compensated for by the basic income. Some have calculated that the progressive income tax could be entirely replaced with a flat tax with basic income and be close to optimal. I am not so optimistic, but the great thing about a basic income is that it can be tested at a low level and then slowly increased to determine its actual cost.