Money is fungible however. The government is still in the position where (theoretically) you're somewhat balancing money in and money out. So tie UBI to some specific revenue source or set of sources, and you still need to: 1.) Determine those sources and 2.) The tax rate on those sources. That's still all money that would have gone to different individuals or different uses. It's also subject to future political pressure to change the percentage. So it's not a case of picking source(s) and rate(s) to support an arbitrary payment outcome.
Sometimes it is close to the ideal. The Alaskan Permanent Fund probably comes closest in the US. But that's probably not enough for a UBI and it's unclear what the equivalent at the US level would be. In addition, it's likely that anything directly associated with resource extraction would decrease over time.
Sometimes it is close to the ideal. The Alaskan Permanent Fund probably comes closest in the US. But that's probably not enough for a UBI and it's unclear what the equivalent at the US level would be. In addition, it's likely that anything directly associated with resource extraction would decrease over time.
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