One could argue defacto Universal Basic Income is now the law of the land.
I was arguing yesterday on another thread that, while we now produce enough to house, clothe, and feed our surplus population, and pretty much are already, the moral rot that results from a population of idle hands is destructive, both the the eaters and the producers.
I'm happy to feed the poor via charity through my church, but having the government hold a gun to my head to rob me the fruts of my labors to give to deadbeats really grinds my gears.