Wow your math sucks. First let's take only adults, so it's 230 million, not 318 million population. And then, let's say for people who earn more than $30 000,

Wow your math sucks. First let's take only adults, so it's 230 million, not 318 million population. And then, let's say for people who earn more than $30 000, or something like that, per year, we increase their taxes the amount equivalent to what basic income would increase their earnings. Now, I am unsure how to estimate the size of this population, because for some reason I easily find only US household income distributions, not distributions per people. But let's guess this removes 60% of the adult population. So we are left with something like 90 million. And now we do your calculation: $454.3 bln / 318 = $5000/person/year, or $420/month. Want to get close to 1000 $/month? Need to increase welfare spending 2-fold