That's a good point that if you're giving everyone say $20,000 a year you could still set taxes such that for a majority of employed adults you're net zero. So for simplicity you could assume just paying welfare recipients.
The point of doing it this way vs current welfare would be increased transparency / reduced bureaucracy and providing more of a sliding scale of income classes rather than welfare / non-welfare buckets. In principle the costs could be made to be nearly equivalent.
The point of doing it this way vs current welfare would be increased transparency / reduced bureaucracy and providing more of a sliding scale of income classes rather than welfare / non-welfare buckets. In principle the costs could be made to be nearly equivalent.