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The business case for basic income is overwhelming.

Charla Robinson president chamber commerce speaking; quote says basic income could simplify welfare and boost local economies

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BREAKING: BC Greens' new platform includes Universal Basic Income to support workers displaced by technologies like AI.

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Vitalik is pro-UBI

Vitalik Buterin speaking on stage, quote saying automation may increase inequality and UBI should be considered

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There are many ways people are debating on how to tax AI to fund UBI, like 'token taxes'. Another, arguably simpler, way is to put company stock in a sovereign wealth fund that pays dividends.

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"UBI is necessary, was necessary, will be necessary" Yang was, is right, will continue to be right.

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Floyd Marinescu @floydmarinescu.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Nobel Laureates (husband & wife) support UBI

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Glad to see the party running on this. AI will be by far the biggest entrypoint for UBI support in the coming years.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

To make number go down, number must go down Somehow, this simple truth has been lost in the public discourse. So many politicians say they want affordability, without saying how to bring down prices. But definition that's not possible.

Jon Shell post: "To make housing affordable, prices need to go down… until politically acceptable."

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

You don't need to be an economist to understand that we should tax land, not work.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A Universal Land Dividend (UBI funded by land rents) could leave 80% of Canadian households and 70% of UK households with more income, while addressing the housing crisis. If you support UBI or LVT, here's why they're even better together:

Slide titled “Universal Land Dividends: Why Land Value Tax and a Universal Basic Income are better together,” over tents by f

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

City council looks to land value tax to cut costs and drive growth.

Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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The idea of basic income first began as a common wealth dividend — a way to share the value of land, which no individual created. It's also how we share the proceeds of AIs trained on humanity's work.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The case for Land Value Tax is simple: replace anti-productive taxes on income and effort with a smarter system. Stop taxing what we want more of (work and building) and start taxing what we can't make more of (land).

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The capitalist vs. worker dichotomy is false. It's land vs. everything else. Returns to housing (mostly land) have been going up, while returns to capital (excluding housing) and labour have been going down.

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Did you know the 1st UBI proposal was born out of a struggle for land rights in the 1770s? As Dorothy Woodend writes in The Tyee, the concept is "extremely old," rooted in the idea that the leadership class "fenced people out" from the resources they needed to survive.

Screenshot of a The Tyee article titled "It’s Time to Revisit Universal Basic Income" by Dorothy Woodend.

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Government Shocks Nation With Good Decision

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❌ Myth: Guaranteed income creates a disincentive to work ✅ Reality: Guaranteed income actually helps people find suitable and sustainable work that leads to more stable employment:

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Smaller government, stronger freedoms: Republican David Pan pitches a universal basic income in CA-46. "We would have a system that provides freedom and equal opportunity to everyone, and in which hard work leads to success."

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Basic Income? How about Common Wealth Dividends. One helps those in need, like low-income and seniors benefits, and the other is a payment for things that belong to everyone, like carbon and natural resource dividends. They solve different problems, and we need both.

Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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A majority polled in the US support a sovereign wealth fund that gives the public a stake in AI. This is a no-brainer and the best path to UBI as an AI dividend.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Our economy today more closely resembles feudalism, rather than a truly capitalist system that rewards productivity and hard work. The housing crisis is the most visible symptom of this disease.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"Paradoxically, homelessness is at its worst in precisely those places where incomes and amenities are at their best... Homelessness thrives in places with exorbitant land rents, so solutions to homelessness should be funded by a tax on land values." — Schalkenbach Foundation

Slide titled “In a good economy, homelessness goes up”: The Paradox of Progress and Poverty, over tents on a city sidewalk.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Local governments should see LVT as a way to recoup public investment dollars — "a free tax revenue card" — that doesn't harm the economy. We could have more public transit that pays for itself from the land value it creates in the first place.

Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

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Wharton Finance Professor said Pittsburgh is the only city that grew among 30+ cities because they had land value tax instead of property tax. "The thing discouraging growth—taxes on structures—was gone... and all new revenues came from tax on land which couldn't move."

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Canada and the provinces should follow Alaska's oil dividend model of paying citizens a common income from common wealth.

Common Wealth Canada graphic: Jay Hammond quote on Alaska resource dividend and collective ownership, sharing returns equally

Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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One of Canada's top thinkers on land says the hard truth about housing "We cannot build our way to true affordability, unless we capture that unearned increase in land value and use it for the common good" - Martin Adams, author of Land: A New Paradigm for a Thriving World

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"The overall economic benefit that can arise from this trade is such as to stimulate the capacity of the productive parts... to achieve productivity growth." A well-designed UBI establishes secure income and satisfying work via new guarantees, writes Dr Bronwyn Kelly.

Independent Australia opinion article arguing that the time is ripe for implementing a universal basic income.

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Former Conservative Senator Hugh Segal championed basic income because he believed it would benefit workers, strengthen markets, and expand economic freedom for Canadians.

Hugh Segal quote saying basic income boosts income security and creates customers who drive economic activity

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Maybe money can buy some people happiness. But one thing's for sure: basic income buys people time and freedom.

National Post graphic comparing the annual income researchers estimate people need to be happy across countries.

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North Carolina is testing guaranteed income for people leaving prison. Early data show more full-time work, housing stability, and less reincarceration. Each inmate costs the state $54K/yr -- basic income costs 1/8th of that and saves taxpayers money. A good investment.

NC Health News article about guaranteed income helping formerly incarcerated people stabilize their lives.

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Andrew Yang wants an AI dividend paid to the public, out of the data economy that made AI possible.

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She used basic income to keep the lights on while building a consulting business. 4 years later: the business is still earning, and she's working full-time too. Stability creates entrepreneurs.

AOL news. Lady smiles at a microphone in a white blazer, beside a headline about basic income helping her start a business.

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