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Ireland has shown that basic income works — not just socially, but economically. Give people time and security to develop their skills, and the returns flow back to society. Now let's go further.

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Author of Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber says government is full of paper-pushers and bureaucrats deciding who gets what. Basic income could replace these bullshit jobs and make our government much more efficient.

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South Korea launched basic income in rural counties across the nation to boost local businesses Kim Pan-jong, who runs a tomato juice business, said he expanded into local retail after previously selling only online. "We expect more customers from within the region" 🫰

Korea Bizwire article screenshot: “South Korea launches rural basic income pilot,” with a family holding a local voucher card

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George Stroumboulopoulos on UBI

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 22h

"This story's exactly why we need a truly unconditional basic income, not welfare systems that trap and police. A free society trusts people to spend their money better than the government can."

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Pilot after pilot found the same pattern. Basic income let people take risks leading to better jobs and training. Working parents able to afford childcare could work toward promotions. Or drop multiple part-time jobs for one higher-paying full-time job.

Business Insider article about a woman using basic income to secure housing and return to work

Business Insider article quoting a woman who says basic income helped her escape homelessness and find work

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Floyd Marinescu @floydmarinescu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of Canada's biggest basic income champions was the late conservative senator Hugh Segal. He supported it for good reasons: pro-freedom, pro-workers, pro-dignity.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"BC assessment authority was intentionally set up in the '70s to eventually do land value tax. That was the whole point" — Paul Finch, President of BC General Employees' Union LVT can help us invest in housing and transit in a way that builds voter support.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The most unsuccessful great idea in history" got a real test in Australia. Given the choice, 2/3 of home buyers picked land tax over stamp duty. Sounds like success to us. "That is real money for reducing stamp duty or income tax, which, to be clear, are far worse taxes."

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Canada should have a sovereign wealth fund that pays dividends to all and invests for future generations. It's how we leverage our nation's advantages in natural resources, technology, and finance to build common wealth for all Canadians.

Elena Mantagaris and Matthew Bianco quote urging Canada to create a sovereign wealth fund to benefit citizens for decades.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We're taxing what people do earn from work MORE than what people don't earn from land. It's the opposite of what we should do and what's driving the housing crisis and poverty.

Tweet arguing taxes hit work most and calling for a land value tax instead of taxing labor and capital.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bloomberg article makes the case for land value tax. "LVTs don't punish homeowners for construction, renovation, or improvement...they make underutilized land more expensive than productive land, encouraging development and deterring land speculation."

Bloomberg Tax post saying land value taxes would encourage development and stabilize government revenues.

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UBI from sovereign wealth funds, like Alaska's dividend, is elegant and practical. If AI does the work, the public should get dividends.

Tony Annett quote advocating universal basic capital, a social wealth fund paying citizens dividends funded by wealth and AI

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Canada is aggressively banking on AI to transform the economy... The reality almost certainly will include mass layoffs. UBI offers a dignified way through economic upheaval." It's time for that conversation.

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Vancouver Sun headline: "Universal basic income's time has come" over Canadian flag, bills and c

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Transit projects raise land values without property owners doing anything. Capturing some that value to fund the project is a virtuous cycle.

Ehren Cory quote saying land value capture can fund transit infrastructure that Canadians need.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Vitalik is pro-UBI

Portrait of Vitalik Buterin with quote saying UBI is already part of policy discussions and not unrealistic

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Financial Times: "land value tax (LVT) stimulates productive activity and drives economic growth" > Replaces harmful taxes on work and enterprise. > Encourages efficient use of land, fixing housing. > Redirects investments from wealth extraction to the real economy.

Financial Times letter argues for a land value tax, citing its benefits for housing, growth, and fair taxation.

Financial Times letter argues land value taxes boost growth by replacing harmful taxes and reducing speculation.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No amount of new homes will solve the financialization of housing. We should build way more supply, but it won't be nearly enough to overcome unlimited credit bidding up land values. Land value tax tackles financialization at its core.

CCPA article headline claiming housing crisis isn’t caused by supply shortage but by financialization driving costs higher.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Legendary entrepreneur/investor Khosla proposed eliminating income tax and capital gains. Let's make it better: Shift income tax to land value tax. Fix housing and reward work. Capital gains is a blunt tool that lumps productive investments with unproductive land rents.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AI is replacing labour. So let capital pay everyone. Sovereign wealth fund → common wealth dividends for all. Alaska already showed us how. Dr. Tony Annett, economist, author of Cathonomics, ex-IMF

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The most influential UBI advocates are generally unanimous that it should be paid as a dividend from public assets — like natural resources and social wealth funds.

Karl Widerquist quote urging governments to build public wealth funds and pay a basic income dividend from shared assets.

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An AI dividend is the kind of question more leaders should be asking.

Senator Elizabeth Warren warns AI could disrupt half the workforce and says governments must act before job losses occur.

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Basic income isn't a handout. It's a head start. 🗨 Arlene Dickinson

Arlene Dickinson quote questioning subsidies to industry vs helping families, calling for income support and real hope

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Researchers in Vancouver distributed $1M from 100+ donors to people experiencing homelessness. The results were mindboggling. 21% higher wages 40% more nights in stable housing 85% more savings after 12 months Direct cash works.

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Vinod Khosla says AI will require rethink of capitalism, because more and more wealth will go to capital and not labour Suggested ending income tax on workers and exemption on capital gains He's also pro-UBI

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Ask a small town business owner: would you rather have a grant, or 23,000 customers with money in their pockets? Hwacheon County, South Korea started paying every resident a basic income in August to strengthen the local economy.

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Marshall Islands Finance Minister says AI is about to make basic income a global necessity.

Marshall Islands Finance Minister David Paul, in a suit, beside his quote saying AI job losses will lead to a UBI

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

South Korea's UBI pilot shows major success 1 year. Local businesses grew by 2,000 and rural population went up 4.7%. Most of the money was spent, causing "an increase in new businesses in essential services such as restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, and hair and beauty salons."

Article reporting rural basic income increased local businesses including restaurants, cafés, supermarkets and salons.

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so many housing policies, so little affordability

Meme comparing many housing taxes vs “Just tax land,” with two Olympic shooters aiming pistols in split screen.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"By taxing land rather than buildings, we can incentivize much-needed housing development... this approach facilitates a comprehensive solution to restore housing affordability." www.commonwealth.ca/blog/thestar-op…

Toronto Star headline reading “Want real action on housing? Tax the land,” with image of condo construction and cranes.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Norway's sovereign wealth fund reflects a shared belief that the value of nature is something owned in common. It's time Canadians shared this mindset of safeguarding, not squandering, our natural resource wealth.

Jens Stoltenberg beside quote on Norway taxing oil profits, arguing natural resource rents belong in common to the people.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As Redfin Chief Economist Dr. Daryl Fairweather points out: why do valuable city lots sit empty as parking lots? Because property taxes often reward land speculation and penalize building. Land Value Tax flips that: tax the land, not the housing built on it.

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More Canadians are calling for basic income.

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Economic Security Project calls for UBI -- an income floor and AI dividends. 'Establish an income floor for displaced workers... "AI dividend" is modeled after the Alaska Permanent Fund, which compensates Alaskan citizens using investment returns on a sovereign wealth fund.'

Economic Security Project article on ensuring AI-driven prosperity is shared broadly, with human and digital hands image

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4,000 jobs cut out of 10,000 directly attributed to AI. Stock price soared. UBI is inevitable.

Screenshot of CNN Business headline: Block laying off nearly half its staff due to AI, with photo of Jack Dorsey.

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Don't forget: basic income has historically had major support among conservatives.

Perrin Beatty at podium; article quote highlights his view that basic income may help address automation challenges

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