No. Communism is where EVERYONE gets the BLS no matter what their contribution to society.
I remember back in university a friend asked if I wanted to go with him to a friends apartment. When we got to this friend-of-a-friend's place, I was shocked to see the squalor this guy was living in. It was a TINY, dirty cockroach-infested apartment. I just wanted to get the heck out of there but my friend was busy copying some Red Dwarf (this is back when you needed two VCRs and a half hour to copy an episode). While this was going on the FOAF was going on about how he had life made. "I'm on welfare. The government gives me enough to live on so I can live my life doing nothing." The guy pissed me off... an able-bodied 20 year old living off a program meant for those who WANT TO WORK BUT CAN'T FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. But I realized he was an anomaly. Most human beings would not live on Mr. Noodles and KD.
Speaking for myself, I know I would continue working. For one, I would want more... far more... than to live at the very basic level of life. But far more importantly.. I have a NEED to believe that I am contributing to society. And besides that, I don't know what the heck I would do with my time. I go on vacation for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to work... and that's with disposable income to do things like go golfing or travel. I can't imagine what I would do to whittle time away on a BLS.
One last thought. Regarding the gas station attendant. I think that is why minimum wage should be significantly higher than the BLS. At that level, we're talking the very bottom rung of Mazlow's hierarchy. The gas station attendant is not likely to be thinking about his role in society or accomplishing his life goals (self-actualization). He or she just wants to make enough money to pay his/her bills and go to the movies on cheap night. So AT THAT LEVEL, you need more money to be an incentive.
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