basic income vs shorter work week

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/now-the-entire-eu-receives-a-command-to-adopt-a-basic-income/

why not shorten the work week already...

it's  more useful to have 10 workers working shorter work weeks than 9 workers and 1 sitting at home. think of the consequences of welfare. people want purpose. more workers = more chances for innovation, more slack in the workforce..