Why shouldn&#x27;t basic income be $100,000?<p>Most napkin math proposal for basic income are between $10,000 and $15,000. That&#x27;s quite hard to make work but it&#x27;s maaaayyybbeee posssibly achievable. It&#x27;s at the outer limit of doable but meaningful.<p>In the US 36k per person would account for 66% of GDP. It&#x27;d be 85% of GDP in France. These are not viable figures.