Because you feel in the mood for coffee ? Disregard this comment if you are a tea person instead . No judgement . <| sep |> The numbers are difficult to look at reasonably because that money would fundamentally alter in huge ways our overall economy . There would be a massive boost to consumer spending overall , and therefore tax revenues , given the sudden boost to consumer spending ability there would likely be lively business investments , some work would stay the same for a time , but after a bit it ' s fairly likely that some jobs would start to see their wages rise because people who aren ' t desperate to survive would refuse unfair pay for demeaning or work which sacrificed their health and wellbeing for minimum wage . the expenditure would not simply be lostcontentcom . android . chrome . F i l e P r oviderimagesscreenshottel 58 tel . jpgI ' m going to use this chart as badly suited as it is . The concerned population is the bottom three deciles , and the UBI would optimally be phased out by median overall from numbers and just intuition . claw back at 50 %, about 48 , 000 yr income you no longer receive any UBI . From here it ' s just UBIDecile income 2 times 10 percent of adult population , using 2 . 8 million there , from other stats , ultimately I come out at about 130 billion to boost the entire bottom half of our society to a secure livable state , including all the health and economic benefits that would bring . top decile apparently pulls in 500 billion after tax by this chart , so . I ' m sure 130 billion is findable . From that tax year Major transfers to persons cost 26 cents of each tax dollar spent $ 72 . 2 billion . The biggest category within transfers to persons was elderly benefits . These transfers includeOld Age SecurityGuaranteed Income SupplementAllowance for Spouses $ 6 . 3 billion in assistance provided by Employment and Social Development Canada in support of learning , skills and employment , and social housing . That ' s 80 billion . Bump the tax rate on the top decile by . 10 percent , or 7 % and the 9 th decile by 6 %. Point is , it ' s doable , your numbers are absurdist by the way .