There's a budget NOW, and it's being divied up between the recipients.
A huge chunk goes to administration. Do you know how much Ontario Works CUPE staff gets paid? The present means-tested Workfare and disability programs involve a lot of labour administration.
The entire budget of the present programs combined is less than 30 billion.
You couldn't save enough for a 100 billion UBI program even if the employees worked for free.
I hope that you get it now,
Then go with a 30 billion UBI program. That is what I have been saying. Use the same budget. Think about what percent that 30 billion goes to the pockets of bureaucrats rather than the recipients themselves. The whole point of means-tested welfare was to have bureaucrats to determine who is "deserving" in order to "save money." But in the process the poverty pimp takes a big cut.
A huge chunk goes to administration. Do you know how much Ontario Works CUPE staff gets paid? The present means-tested Workfare and disability programs involve a lot of labour administration.
Then go with a 30 billion UBI program. That is what I have been saying. Use the same budget. Think about what percent that 30 billion goes to the pockets of bureaucrats rather than the recipients themselves. The whole point of means-tested welfare was to have bureaucrats to determine who is "deserving" in order to "save money." But in the process the poverty pimp takes a big cut.