&gt; If right now, people are willing to do simple work for minimum wage, but we change the system so that people want twice as much before working...<p>...then they would still be getting paid minimum wage, because the other half of the money comes from the basic income.<p>It might even allow employers to pay them less, because the UBI would remove the need to have a minimum wage. So someone who was making $15K&#x2F;year full time at minimum wage who is now getting $12K&#x2F;year UBI may now have to accept $12K&#x2F;year in wages because the market for unskilled labor is highly competitive and $24K&#x2F;year in total income is highly preferable to $12K.