And now you're just taking this "lifestyle entitlement" a step further by saying "people need to have social time". And you think the government should subsidize it with dollars taken from people who GO TO FUCKING WORK??? Christ almighty what is going on in this world??
My angle is that social networking is an important part of finding work. About half the jobs I've worked I got into because I knew people who worked for that company. I don't think that's a good thing, but it's a thing. If you're giving people enough money so they can still engage in social activity they're going to have a better chance to become productive than if you keep them housebound.
It might feel just that you should only get the bare minimum to survive if you're not currently paying back into the system, but that might not be the most reasonable course of action from an economics standpoint.
I think a good analogy is the prison system. It might feel right to see it as punishment, but it's more beneficial as a whole to think of it as rehabilitation. The norwegian prison system might look grotesque to your ethical sensibilities, but they have extremely low recidivism rates compared to the US.

More than half of America pays $0 income tax.
"all things considered"
Even if you pay 0% income tax you're still being taxed every time you spend money. But the numbers are a lot lower than I thought because I was thinking about the socialist shithole I live in.