Thanks for recommending one of my recent blog posts, @shadowspub!

About the cost of basic income and how to go about funding it, please refer to these two articles of mine which go into those questions in detail. Thanks!

1. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/the-cost-of-universal-basic-income-might-be-lower-than-you-think

2. https://medium.com/economicsecproj/how-to-reform-welfare-and-taxes-to-provide-every-american-citizen-with-a-basic-income-bc67d3f4c2b8

Also, I have an entire FAQ full of articles I've written addressing other common questions about basic income as well.

http://www.scottsantens.com/basic-income-faq