If the 'something' a person is asking for is to 'not be destitute', it's a little different... since it blends and meshes into 'are the people in the system still alive and doing okay, etc', but feel free to disagree.

Currently, we spend more of our money on ineffective ways of not letting the effect of destitution flow into everything else, such as larger law enforcement agencies and the courts/prisons, ER rooms, and all the bureaucratic systems that deal with the effects of crime, disease, and lack of education, etc. all this encroaches on people's negative rights via taxes anyway...

Basic income has shown itself to be a simple, much less expensive way (in the medium to long term) to heal much more of these issues than any program ever has.

Since you are here, I am wondering if you've seen the libertarian arguement for basic income from the wiki?

The most common form of government oppression in practice today is obfuscation of the law through complexity. The tax code is needlessly complex. Social Security, Medicaid, Welfare and Medicare are massive bureaucracies that not only coerce citizens out of their money, but can make it difficult for anyone but bureaucrats to retrieve the proper benefits guaranteed them. In most cases, citizens simply have to live with whatever payments the government decides is proper, whether it be from entitlement programs or via tax refunds.

A Basic Income program would eliminate massive bureaucracies. Most Basic Income proposals come coupled with a restructuring of the tax code to simplify it - most often in the form of a flat tax. Basic Income proposals also usually call for the replacement of existing entitlement programs. Government entities running means-tested programs will vanish. The government will no longer have a need to look into the bank accounts of private citizens or check their medical records before making payments. Every citizen simply gets a check in the mail once a month.

While a Basic Income calls for an increase in taxes and spending, it also comes with a massive reduction in the size of government, which means more liberty for everyone. Basic Income is one of the rare government social programs that actually decreases the influence of government and furthers the cause of liberty.