Hardworking people would be free to leave paid employment and live on basic income themselves, rather than subsidise the unemployed. I think the hope is that wo

Hardworking people would be free to leave paid employment and live on basic income themselves, rather than subsidise the unemployed. I think the hope is that work would become more pleasant as basic income lifts workers' bargaining power and that most people would choose to add to their basic income through paid employment.