I have varying ideas of whether some implementation of this could work. Alaska has a basic income. Everyone get like $2,500 / year to live up there. In some ways it could pump that money into the economy and keep people there to support that ecosystem for the entire year. It is really hard to tell.
We already have a lot of subsidies and stuff. In my opinion they could take some of the military budget and maybe do an experiment with this. They don't have to lay any military personnel off. They just have to park some ships and subs for awhile.