Increased wages and reduced working hours apply to workers, not to everybody. The USSR was very much focused on work; see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;He_who_does_not_work,_neither_shall_he_eat" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;He_who_does_not_work,_neither_...</a><p>Creating bullshit jobs to ensure full employment and forcing people to work in them is pretty much the opposite of what a UBI is all about.