I'm not so sure. On the other hand, a well woven safety net could easily amount to much the same thing; food and hygiene vouchers, health care, housing support, subsidised education, mass transit, etc.
The question then becomes, 'why bother working at all?' I think people are driven by a search for meaning, for purpose and identity. If they aren't struggling to keep from falling through the cracks every minute, maybe folks can make better quality, more productive contributions to society. Maybe that's too fuzzy navel for some, but I'm an example of something like that at work.