> I note that your example of $300Bn as being a completely unreasonable, unachievable number for UBI is less than half the US military budget

Check your numbers: US military budget 2019 [1] is $686Bn or $60 Bn per month vs $300 Bn per month for ubi.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...