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.

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Thanks!