for everyone there is a salary / guarantee of future income point where they can just "get on with it" - go hell for leather at work and be happy their family's

for everyone there is a salary / guarantee of future income point where they can just "get on with it" - go hell for leather at work and be happy their family's future is secure anyway. Welfare states reduce that level, this subsidising businesses (!) but at some point you gotta pay if you want more than the basics. It's not extrinsic motivation - it's much more a hygiene factor to allow intrinsic motivation to come tomplay