Jobs are being replaced by AI at an accelerating rate, and people have nowhere to go to earn income. Monetary flows are still massive, but they just don't reach the people at the bottom. I think UBI is very appropriate in this situation. Or who will buy the groceries?

But in all seriousness, we are moving towards ab economy where UBI will be real because AI and robots handle all the low level tasks, so UBI can be distributed in the form of a small amount of necessary goods such as food, basic supplies etc. So we can start slowly testing the waters and now seems to be a good time.

I’ve written an essay arguing that businesses could support UBI to preserve consumer spending while resisting measures that give recipients meaningful independence.

One scenario: automated transport becomes widely available, but people on inadequate incomes can only afford discounted rides that require watching ads. Machines do less work for us while businesses find another way to claim our time.

I call the broader arrangement “consumer husbandry”: maintaining people as sources of spending, attention, and data after their labor is no longer needed.

The biggest question for me is bargaining power. If withholding labor can no longer stop production, what institutions would give people leverage over the owners?

What is the strongest argument against this forecast?

TL;DR: All employment is work, but not all work is employment. The American Union Jobs Program would establish an unconditional income floor, recognize the value of unpaid work, and connect citizens to a broader system of economic security.

An unconditional income for every citizen — §811

The POPULIST Act would provide an initial $20,000 annually to adult citizens and $8,000 for children, with adjustments for inflation. Payments would not depend on employment, job searches, or proving financial need.

The money would arrive through a free digital transaction account maintained with the US Treasury, forming part of the Act's public monetary system.

Recognize work beyond employment — §811

Raising a child, caring for an aging family member, coaching Little League, creating art, and organizing a neighborhood are all forms of work, even when nobody pays a wage for them.

The program's name reflects the shared civic responsibilities established in the Constitution's Preamble. Receiving an American Union Job would not mean being assigned compulsory labor.

Unconditional income would give people greater freedom to refuse unsafe employment, negotiate better conditions, care for family members, pursue education, or start a business.

Connect income security with family and health care — §814 and Title III

The POPULIST Act pairs unconditional income with additional benefits. Its paid family and medical leave program would provide eligible workers with income replacement when taking time away from employment for childbirth, family caregiving, or qualifying medical needs.

Medicare for All would provide a separate national health care system, reducing the connection between employment and access to health coverage. Its premiums would be linked to the Act's basic wage rather than ordinary household income.

Offer paid employment to those who want it — §812

A separate American Union Employment Guarantee would provide a voluntary public option for paid work. By January 2028, eligible adult citizens seeking employment would be offered a placement within 14 days, with fallback opportunities when a regular placement was unavailable.

An American Union Job unconditionally pays people to be better citizens, reminding them of the duties laid out in the Preamble to the Constitution.

1. Monthly paychecks for the unemployed

2. 100-300 sq ft apartment for free with free food and basics. UBI doesn't exist. If you can't afford your mortgage or rent, you'll have the option to move in here.

3. 100 percent tax on everything where we divide that collected tax equally for each US citizen. Costs doubled but with current spending amounts, you'll each get $50k per year. The amount may drop if more choose to spend less with increased costs, which might be a good thing. Illegal immigrants wouldn't get this extra $50k and they wouldn't be able to afford costs at 2x without it.

4. We create a plan that drops work hours to 30 while increasing pay to match 35-40 hours a week.

5. We merge all US companies into one. Work hours can drop to 30 to allow more hours for the unemployed and robot replaced. Unemployment does exist and we would have to be sure everyone's most basic needs are met. There's no advertisement, no scam businesses. The entire company can put planet health, people's health and animal health first.

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i'am aware that timeline plays a big role but the answer is mostly determined by what u seek as value currently we live in a critical area where evolution accelerates towards the unknown

we still use old systems to define value and purpose

Last time I mentioned that monetary system the fiat money we currently use isn't backed up by any tangible value except empty promises and it's only temporarily useful to determine exchange prices of goods and needs

the problem is whoever closest to the tap drinks first people who created this system are the 1 percent controlling worldwide wealth thas why we see Blackrocks D\*\* in each major company's Ass wixh causes the Cantillon effect

things get pricier, inflation hit markets

new drugs less healthy food , Srobots

better 💣 etc ...

my point is the only measurement of value we actually have is time and purpose of existence

and clearly we doing great mFs

especially with the new creation of AI tech give birth to

the greatest invention of capitalism (creating less jobs !) maybe the concept of heaven wasn't so far except this time u must be from the epstein files to get the ♍ and baby angels

Anyway this time exactly governments are trying to create a sentient more complex digital beings with way higher consciousness the most powerful tool created will get acces to our future as humans it's not even a theory it's whats happening right now

were going to witness mass scale of unemployment wich leads to poverty and starvation regional and national conflicts wars ...

the solution may not sound easy but it's doable

we should create international experiences events different scales and themes

events for entrepreneurs to fix or create concepts, startups ,solutions , services in specific regions or nationally at some point globally to increase the GDP then connect to BUI and basic universal services to people to live from

events for worldwide leaders instead of corrupted elections we got to see leaders have mma fights instead sending our brothers to wars ,surf waves to see who gots bigger balls , drop them in islands for survival context

and that shit should be live streamed trust me u won't see Joe biden anywhere

also events for nowdays thinkers philosophers etc

to test our minds for it's full potential

to build this we need a new decentralized ecosystem no ruler no king no priest

means we need a combination of tech that monitors a balanced governance tools for economical balance

and equal distribution of resources and guide Most critical decisions

like costumized codes based on most fundamental values and ethics thas commonly agreed upon treat others and prefebly other species as u want to be treated

this also means ideas and business , desire ur thoughts and actions are related somehow to ur existential contribution

if robots and Ai are going to do the boring repetitive work let us do the fun part experiencing the existence

exploring the corners of consciousness

for more equal and fast results we need commun rules to be changed like inheritance of wealth founders ownership , equity, international borders and fuck billionaires