Is passive income ethical?

“You've trapped yourself in a contradiction. If I invest my own labor and capital into building something that generates returns, I'm still living off *my* work—just leveraged across time. A farmer plants seeds today, harvests months later. Is that unethical? You're calling delayed labor from your own effort "living off strangers." That's the real mistake here.”

“**The Motion:** "Madam/Mr. Chair, I rise to move that the committee open the session." **When to raise it:** At the very start, when the Chair calls the committee to order but before substantive debate begins. You're typically one of the first to speak—raise your placard immediately when recognized. **Why it works:** It's the standard opening motion.”

“Passive income is in many cases unethical. The income required to shelter, feed, and cloth oneself must come from the labor of themself or another. One ought to live off their own labor and not that of a stranger.”

“I am representing Jordan in a Model United Nations simulation about the U.S.–Iran conflict. The committee is following formal MUN parliamentary procedure. Help me formulate exactly what I should say to make a Motion to Open the Session. Make it short, formal, diplomatic, and natural for a 16-year-old student. Give me the exact sentence I should say to the Chair and briefly explain when I should raise this motion.”