Stupid Sanctions vs Basic Income 5: You get a job that starts in two weeks time

There is a website called A Selection of Especially Stupid Benefit Sanctions filled with stories of ways in which our broken benefits system hurts people. I thought it would be good to compare what would have happened with welfare replaced by Basic Income Guarantee.

Of course its not terribly exciting because basic income doesn't judge people or make mistakes.

Our Current Welfare System	What if we had basic income?
You get a job that starts in two weeks time. You don’t look for work while you are waiting for the job to start. You’re sanctioned.	You get a job that starts in two weeks time. Your basic income keeps you going until you start work and when you start work your taxes pay for part or all of your basic income that you continue to receive while you work.