[vectorjohn]

Precisely this. Basic income is a fantastic safety net and gives a lot of freedom to people. That's its whole point (that and it's a starting point to solve the problem of increasing automation eliminating jobs, but we don't know for certain if that will happen).

Jobs that are currently mostly done by people with no other choice, and hence can pay as little as they want, will have to pay better or be part time or some other benefit if they really need to get done.

And then, if a crappy or mindless job ends up paying $30/hour, people might do it because they want the extra money, not because they need it to survive.