I&#x27;ve always heard it pitched as some sort of sliding scale. Basically you&#x27;d get a certain amount based on your level of current employment but it doesn&#x27;t require many of the checks Welfare has. I&#x27;ve also seen people say doing a basic income then eliminate food stamps and welfare and it ends up being a cost savings.<p>It sounds good in theory that this very odd system of income could end up _saving_ us money, but I don&#x27;t actually know if that&#x27;s true and is probably highly dependent on whatever scale is used when deciding how much basic income a person receives.