May I ask why you believe it would be a terrible idea? If the numbers worked, and that is a big IF, by giving everyone a $1,000 a month in income you take away the stigma of people on welfare, and allow them to make a chose of what to do with the money. I can see where people that benefit from programs now would hate to see that changed, like farming and other businesses across the state. No need of programs like PPP, because everyone would be getting $12K a year, a couple would be getting $24K a year. You want more, go out and work for it, like the rest of it. As you age and enter your retirement years, it would actually save money, because most people on SS are getting more than a thousand a month. If you did not save or invest some of that money that is on you.