Please don't give them ideas.
Its heading that way with the concept of Universal Credit, and pilots being run in different countries including UK to pay a universal state benefit to everyone irrespective of need or entitlement. Fix a benefit payment regime and then its only a few steps away from removing their other sources of income, creating a total state dependency with all the benefits of the economic activity going to the state to distribute as they see fit.
Saves them having to tax any wealth generated, the state takes it all..
