The discussion about basic income may be further than you are aware.
The idea of a basic income for every human is discussed since centuries. Switzerlands vote made it more popular than it's ever been.
Most people immideately argue that it certainly can't be financed. That's wrong, there are several studies in different countries how different forms of basic income could be implemented. Until today I prefered the model of Götz Werner, which would give every person about 900$ and abolish all taxes except a substantially raised VAT. But this concept has one big flaw: the economy would have to compete with its neighbors, and as they have a lower VAT a country implementing that on its own will shoot itself in the foot.
Today, I found a better concept
The site explaining the details is in german, they seem to be working on an english one though.
I didn't manage to read everything yet, but I think I got enough of an overview to share the basic principle with you:
All taxes would be abolished. A new sales tax would be introduced, similar to VAT but without pre-tax allowance. This tax would be very low (~15% depending on the goods, 0% for basic needs like food), if, and here's the catch, only if the company has enough employees compared to their sales volume. Companies with less employees would have to pay a higher tax.
Let's say the economy has a total turnover of 10M a month, and there's 100 people in that country. For each 1M, a company would need to employ 10 people. Of course it will be necessary to adapt this rate for different branches, but the point remains. Those employing less than required pay a higher tax of up to 200%. This would effectively make their products too expensive compared to their competitors'. And this is where the easy solution comes in: the companies can employ "absent workers" to avoid the tax. By adapting the rates to changes in total turnover and population, it can be ensured that every citizen gets an income by a company.
Their calculations lead to an exciting result: 2000$ monthly could be financed with this model, based on the economy of 2013 (in Germany)!
The idea is not perfect as it still depends on laws enforced by a more or less central authority. But it's definitely the most sophisticated one I've seen in that realm so far, and I'm interested in the topic since at least 10 years.