Tell me you are not seriously entertaining the concept Everittdmickey?

Now just saying that the US economy could actually support something like this without crumbling to pieces (which it couldn't) take a quick 'back of the envelope' look at the cost in real terms.

350,000,000 Americans x say $500 per week x 52 weeks cost = $9.1 trillion per year.

There is no way in the world any lotto, mining and /or radio licences is ever going to get close to paying this.

The US GDP is supposedly just over $20 trillion. So nearly 1/2 GDP alone would go in just paying Universal Income.

Worse still - services such as education and healthcare are included in the GDP number - but these a a drain on the system.

Universal Basic income could possibly work for an oil rich village in the middle East with secure boarders and zero immigration. However I think the rest of the world should stick to actually working.

SirKnight