As edmccard said, there are roughly 318 million people in the US. Not all of them are above the age of 18. Let's say adults get $1,500/month plus $500 for each dependent. So a married couple with two kids would get $4,000/month.
If we assume that 24% are under 18, that's roughly 242 million who get $1,500/month (for a total of $363 billion/month) plus the 76 million children that receive $500/month (for a total of $38 billion/month). That's $4.812 trillion/year which exceeds the current annual US budget by a little over $1 trillion.
So it doesn't look like $30 trillion/year. I agree that it seems unrealistic but perhaps the monthly amount can be lowered. Those who want to live better (or in more expensive locations) would still have to hold jobs. It does give others who cannot or do not want to work the opportunity to move to cost effective locations (where housing and utilities are cheap).
If we assume that 24% are under 18, that's roughly 242 million who get $1,500/month (for a total of $363 billion/month) plus the 76 million children that receive $500/month (for a total of $38 billion/month). That's $4.812 trillion/year which exceeds the current annual US budget by a little over $1 trillion.
So it doesn't look like $30 trillion/year. I agree that it seems unrealistic but perhaps the monthly amount can be lowered. Those who want to live better (or in more expensive locations) would still have to hold jobs. It does give others who cannot or do not want to work the opportunity to move to cost effective locations (where housing and utilities are cheap).