If people are paid when not productive, where does the productivity come from that supports them?

If people are paid when not productive, what is their incentive to be productive?

Can a person's feelings of self-worth really survive a non-productive life?

To what degree is poverty a result of lifestyle choices?

If you took all the money in the USA, liquidated all assets, and distributed all the proceeds equally, and unemployed everyone equally, would we all be equally rich or equally poor?