The quote you selected concerns welfare cliffs, where smoothing out the payout curve may slightly reduce benefits of those near a cliff and increase benefits for those just past a cliff. This split should be independent of the &quot;grandma&#x2F;pot-smoking-college-kid&quot; split. In general the proposal I lay out can be designed to split out benefits for retirees such that they get a different NIT&#x2F;BI than others, so grandmas can sleep well.<p>I am curious what Trump might think of basic income. I tried to write this piece to appeal to conservatives who want to shrink the antipoverty bureaucracy, and I believe there&#x27;s a lot to like about BI from both sides of the aisle.