&gt; The real hard problem here is folks are getting neither a good education, nor are being trained for highly skilled jobs. Folks want to have a cake, and eat it too.<p>Or there are aren&#x27;t enough jobs? What are you going to do? Will good jobs into existence? That&#x27;s not going to happen.<p>&gt; however we do know (and mostly agree) that a shrinking workforce will not be able to sustain a BI.<p>Completely wrong. We already harvest enough food to feed everyone. We&#x27;re well on our way to 100% clean, renewable energy. We&#x27;re already well on our way to self-driving electric cars. The rest? We&#x27;re on our way to automating that as well (doctors and lawyers first, the most expensive skillsets, and then quickly down from there).<p>Basic Income is easy when automation and clean energy are doing the heavy lifting. I don&#x27;t need to take from you to give to someone else because what you offer (your labor) would no longer have value.