Dumb. Just another Communist idea.
However - if for conversation's sake we wanted to pretend this might have even a modicum of merit, let's get put some betterment into this idea:

You call it "Universal"? Okay then, make it universal. Everyone gets it. Not phased, not layered, not tiered. UNIVERSAL. Every swinging richard out there gets their 13k. Bill Gates gets a check for 13k and the dude under the viaduct gets a check for 13k. Everyone. That is what universal means. Now ,the underlying tax structure remains the same - "progressive", I guess - so the guy under the viaduct aint paying any taxes and Bill Gates is paying a lot of taxes. So they continued with the current tax system but each gets the same Basic Universal Income. Because basic. Because UNIVERSAL.

But if this "universal" "basic" "income" is tiered so that viaduct guy gets 13k, the guy in Mililani get $200.00, and Bill G gets nothing, then you LIE. It is not Universal, nor Basic.
Just more redistribution. Again.