Section 3
UBI: entitlement, opt-out, and reentry
Who gets the dividend, how to step away from it, and how to come back.
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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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Your turn
Picture someone you know using these rules. Where would they get stuck, or where could the rules be gamed?
Every receives the same baseline entitlement irrespective of employment, income, wealth, or homeownership.
§3.1payments are entirely exempt from income taxation. Independently earned income and taxable assets remain subject to applicable taxes.
§3.2A recipient can voluntarily , including for many years, and reactivate it immediately when circumstances change; no , punitive delay, or proof of hardship.
§3.3of is separate from opting out of services. A person may receive UBI without buying a , or may decline both.
§3.4A person choosing to receives future payments from the effective date; years of declined payments do not accumulate as back pay.
§3.5Eligibility rules, anti-fraud verification, payment cadence, and individual protections must be specified in implementing law without undermining the guaranteed right.
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