250,000,000,000
250 billion for $1k per adult
10k per adult and we're at 2.5 trillion - per year. My rent and util is $5k, this sounds great to me.
In fiscal year 2016 about $2.7 trillion – more than two-thirds of the total – went for various kinds of social insurance (Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, unemployment compensation, veterans benefits and the like).
So, this is actually doable. Like, completely, absolutely doable. However, we would need to have some kind of universal health care in place first, and probably more gradually fade out SS benefits (i.e. pay them the difference between 10k ubi and what they get now). Without healthcare, 10k UBI is worthless, because healthcare costs hundreds of thousands. So, with healthcare and keeping some social security alive, spending would definitely increase, but it would be worthwhile. If conservatives would just look at the facts and how demonstrably better UHC is, and how immoral for-profit health insurance is, they would totally find common ground on eliminating welfare and other government.
250 billion for $1k per adult
10k per adult and we're at 2.5 trillion - per year. My rent and util is $5k, this sounds great to me.
In fiscal year 2016 about $2.7 trillion – more than two-thirds of the total – went for various kinds of social insurance (Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, unemployment compensation, veterans benefits and the like).
So, this is actually doable. Like, completely, absolutely doable. However, we would need to have some kind of universal health care in place first, and probably more gradually fade out SS benefits (i.e. pay them the difference between 10k ubi and what they get now). Without healthcare, 10k UBI is worthless, because healthcare costs hundreds of thousands. So, with healthcare and keeping some social security alive, spending would definitely increase, but it would be worthwhile. If conservatives would just look at the facts and how demonstrably better UHC is, and how immoral for-profit health insurance is, they would totally find common ground on eliminating welfare and other government.