We already tried it as well (with the War on Poverty); it created the same thing. Americans may opt for the “basic income” in exchange for at least one child born out of wedlock (to be sacrificed to the whims of the state); in return they receive free housing, food, Obamaphones, cash, college tuition, and various other freebies.
Look what happened to those who’ve availed themselves of that option for the past few decades...
The most productive basic law ever intuited: If you don’t work, then you don’t eat.