Good point. I personally support a basic income, but I also accept that it would require massive tax increases. It seems like a lot of the pro-BI rhetoric out there just waves away any serious fiscal concerns.
"But...but redistribution!"
Yeah, about that. Unless you've been protesting the massive policy-driven upward redistribution of wealth that's happened over the past three decades, your position probably isn't as principled as you imagine. More on the specifics of how the great grift worked can be found here https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-07/how-middl...