A solid BI system could be done for around $2-3 trillion, not $5-10+. BI supporter tend to over shoot, $2000 a month is too high and will disincentivize work too much. (Although, the market would correct itself via inflation given enough time.)
I worked out the figures, and roughly the equivalent of a 16hr/week job at min wage would be close to optimal and affordable.
Taxes should be lower too, btw, but that has to do with wasteful spending in many areas, and nothing to do with BI which can actually help get rid of some that waste.
This assumes that work is good, and that not working is bad. How do you back up that assumption?
What happens when there is not enough work for everyone? If your value is intrinsically tied to your job, and there just aren't enough jobs to go around, are you supposed to just die and make way for someone who won the N lottery which let them get the job? Or should employers create unnecessary jobs just for the sake of giving everybody a job (and thus taxing us in another way, to support paying all of these unnecessary jobs)?
I worked out the figures, and roughly the equivalent of a 16hr/week job at min wage would be close to optimal and affordable.
Taxes should be lower too, btw, but that has to do with wasteful spending in many areas, and nothing to do with BI which can actually help get rid of some that waste.