This is one I keep seeing on arguments against UBI, that it will lead to people living without jobs (itself that, majority-wise, has been demonstrated to be false) and not having "fulfillment." Has anyone making that argument worked at a modern job? Because I can tell you that a majority of jobs I have had are even less "fulfilling" than sitting around staring at the ceiling (especially for the pay and "benefits" they offer if you can call them that), let alone doing the things I like to do that corporate entities have no interest in paying someone for doing (art, game development, composing, etc). Even the most conservative redneck person surely can see the appeal of getting paid to work on their truck or something like that that actually gives some personal satisfaction rather than being squeezed to give someone else more money, so what gives?

So I'm not sharing a link because I don't know if it's appropriate for this group, but I just watched an Instagram video of a disabled veteran who is a comedian. At one point he says the title of the post, and then goes on to list the benefits of being a 100% disabled veteran.

1. It's illegal for him to be homeless (as in illegal to not provide him with a home)

2. Free medical care

3. Basic living allowance, indexed to inflation

4. This is the big one: Impossible to reduce or end.

And here's the punchline:

Why is it impossible to reduce or end? Because even the shittiest Marine can hit a body-sized target from five football fields away, 10 times a minute.

Not advocating violence, but definitely food for thought. 🤔

If, like me, you support providing people with a broad cash supplement financed by higher taxes on those with higher incomes, please let your congressional representative—and candidates for Congress—know.

The BOOST Act of 2025 (H.R. 6236), introduced by Representative Rashida Tlaib, would provide $250 per month to most adults ages 19 through 67. The payments would not be taxable or counted in determining eligibility for programs such as SNAP or housing assistance. The bill would help finance the payments through an additional tax on higher incomes.

It is a modest but important step toward basic income. It would establish the principle that regular, broadly distributed cash payments can provide greater economic security—and that the benefits of our economy should be more widely shared. The bill is quite cleverly designed.

You can read Representative Tlaib’s summary of the BOOST Act here.

You can find your representative and contact information at Congress.gov.

Ask your representative to cosponsor and support H.R. 6236, and let them know that you support basic income. Whatever form of basic income you ultimately favor, building visible support for concrete legislation is how we begin moving the idea forward.

If you contact your representative, leave a quick “Done” below. And if you receive a response, please come back and tell us what they say.

Thanks!

A mockumentary set in a post-work future where AI and automation have made employment obsolete, and eventually illegal.

Future historians look back in disbelief at a society where people were expected to sell most of their waking hours to employers in exchange for money needed for food, housing, and other necessities.

They explain strange historical practices like job interviews, bosses, performance reviews, commuting, asking permission to take vacations, and being fired.

The United States is treated as a particularly extreme case because many people depended on their jobs for health insurance. Losing your job could therefore mean losing both your income and affordable access to medical care.

Future scholars debate how employment could have been considered voluntary when refusing to participate could leave someone without the means to live.

Meanwhile, the unemployed are completely vindicated.

People once described as lazy, unmotivated, or failures are now portrayed as the first people to reject the ideology of work. Historians call them early post-work visionaries. Activists call them freedom fighters.

A guy who lived with his parents and played video games all day gets a museum exhibit honoring his resistance to compulsory labor.

What do you think of this mockumentary idea?