Wrong—The critical distinction is that it’s unconditionally applied to everyone automatically as they age. What the plan precludes is attaching a condition that someone can affect. Clear intent to define and exclude!

A Basic Income is an unconditional, nonwithdrawable income paid to every individual as a right of citizenship. It is as simple as that. Basic Income has a number of different names: Citizen’s Income, Basic Income, Citizen’s Basic Income, Universal Basic Income. They all mean exactly the same: an unconditional income paid to every individual. The amount paid to an individual would not depend on their income, it would not depend on their wealth, it would not depend on their household structure, it would not depend on their employment status, and it would not depend on anything else. Every individual of the same age would receive exactly the same: the same amount, every week or every month, automatically. Older people might receive more than working age adults, younger adults less, and less for children. Does adjusting the amount with someone’s age compromise Basic Income’s unconditionality? No, it does not. What is unique about Basic Income, what matters, and what makes it work, is that it can be turned on at someone’s birth, and turned off at their death, that no active administration is required in between, and that nothing that anyone can influence, or that requires enquiry of any kind, can affect it. Once the computer knows someone’s date of birth, it never needs to ask about their age: it can seamlessly adjust the amount that an individual is paid as their age changes. Everyone of the same age would receive exactly the same income, unconditionally.