It&#x27;s a pity that the proponents there have to resort to including mathematical impossibilities on their list....
&quot;A basic income, coupled with a flat tax, is capable of mimicking all aspects of our current progressive (bracketed) taxation scheme, but without brackets.&quot;<p>Basic income <i>realigns</i> people&#x27;s incentives. It might be better than a <i>really</i> badly designed welfare system at removing &quot;welfare traps&quot;, but it also can be expected to have a whole host of negative aspects in comparison to other possible configurations of the payment of government subsidies.