Stupid. Where does the money come from?
The moment you give everyone $1,000, $1,000 equals zero.
Now, $1,000 is what you get for zero effort. So, a slightly bigger effort yields more than $1,000, whereas, before, it yielded just over zero.
Soon, the 1,000 becomes worthless since all prices have risen to match the increased demand, and the exercise is a failure.
That won’t stop leftists, who will say that $1,000 wasn’t enough.
This a thousand times. I predict inflation will eat their income quickly and they’ll be clamoring for an increase. Money is a measure of increased value. If there is no value to your efforts then the money that represents it is of no value. I can’t believe that even Friedman would overlook this basic element of economics.