Let's just say, the gov will issue a amt each month.

What you're describing is welfare. And the answer is no, a lot of people on welfare choose not to work, because they have food on the table and a roof over their head.

But what happens then is that no one moves up. No one works hard to better their life and have their wants as well as their needs, or they choose to indulge their wants instead of focusing on the needs of their family.

The only way to better your life is to work for it. So the correct answer is to choose to work and not rely on the govt.

Depends what you mean by 'Basic needs'.
The problem with working for a living is that you're constantly at the whim of your employer.
Just as our Great Grandparents were ! So in that regard life today is probably just as hard since governments love to court businesses but not people !
Would I work knowing that the 'extra' meant I had more 'choice' in life ?
Absolutely.

Of course. Maybe not. Could I stay home and raise a family and still get cash? That would be awesome. Or dad could be a stay-at-home dad. Be like the old days when children was raised by a village.

Yes. I could save so much if I didn't have to spend everything on "basic needs."

I think I like to have a little bit more money than basic needs. I'd work part time.

Of course. Even if it was just volunteer stuff.

Definitely. I choose work. I like it.

Regulation nation has almost made it impossible to become wealthy without breaking one law or another. I wonder if we wouldn’t be better off on the dole. Then we could protest as much as the left does

Where will this money come from? Not all basic needs are the same.