Section 10
Public institutions and constitutional protection
Making the floor hard to pull out from under people.
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LifeSystems is a proposal for how society could work once AI and robots do about 99% of the jobs, leaving most people without employment through no fault of their own.
- A basic income for everyone. Every eligible adult gets a tax-free monthly payment (UBI), job or no job. You can turn it off and back on whenever you like.
- Living packages from co-ops. Worker-owned cooperatives compete to offer affordable bundles of housing, food, healthcare and more, paid for with that income.
- Freedom stays. You can keep your home, run a business, earn more, or skip the whole system. It's a floor, not a ceiling.
- Funded by land. Mainly through a tax on land value, the one resource machines can't make more of.
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How could a future government still undermine this? Show us the loophole so we can close it.
The proposed would recognize a universal, tax-free economic-security entitlement; protect voluntary refusal and immediate ; prohibit executive diversion or unilateral suspension of authorized payments; protect independent residential choice; and authorize enforceable implementing legislation. The Constitution would establish durable rights, while statutes would specify benefit calculations, financing, eligibility administration, and standards.
§10.1A dedicated, independently administered public payment mechanism, transparent audits, judicial remedies, and would reduce risks of diversion and interruption. Constitutional protection cannot by itself guarantee physical output or prevent a later .
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