In honor of the Labor Day holiday here in the United States, here are Steve Pavlina's top 10 reasons NOT to get a job.

These are the highlights:

1. Getting a job is trading time for money

Why is getting a job so dumb? Because you only get paid when you're working. Don't you see a problem with that...Who cares how many hours you work? Only a handful of people on this entire planet care how much time you spend at the office.

2. Having a job gives you "limited experience"

A job only gives you experience at that job, but you gain "experience" doing just about anything, so that's no real benefit at all. Sit around doing nothing for a couple years, and you can call yourself an experienced meditator, philosopher, or politician.

3. Employment is just "lifelong domestication"

Look around you. Really look. What do you see? Are these the surroundings of a free human being?... Have you fallen in love with the color beige?

4. Most of what you generate benefits others

Your real salary may be more than triple what you're paid, but most of that money you'll never see. It goes straight into other people's pockets.

5. Employment is just "way too risky"

Does putting yourself in a position where someone else can turn off all your income just by saying two words ("You're fired") sound like a safe and secure situation to you?

6. Three words: "evil Bovine master"

Did you know that the word boss comes from the Dutch word baas, which historically means master? Another meaning of the word boss is "a cow or bovine."

7. Employment results in begging for "Scooby Snacks"

When you want to increase your income, do you have to sit up and beg your master for more money?... If you have a business and one customer says "no" to you, you simply say "next."

8. Employment leads to "an inbred social life"

An exciting day includes deep conversations about the company's switch from Sparkletts to Arrowhead, the delay of Microsoft's latest operating system, and the unexpected delivery of more Bic pens. Consider what it would be like to go outside and talk to strangers. Ooooh... scary! Better stay inside where it's safe.

9. Jobs will lead to "loss of freedom"

God forbid you should put a plant on your desk when it's against the company policy. Oh no, it's the end of the world! Cindy has a plant on her desk! Summon the enforcers!

10. Getting a job can turn people into "spineless cowards"

If you can't call your boss a jerk now and then without fear of getting fired, you're no longer free...When you work around cowards all day long, don't you think it's going to rub off on you?

Check out the rest of Steve's observations on "10 Reasons You Should Never Get A Job" and more about "passive income" his own personal brand of bootstrapping at www.stevepavlina.com.