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The generation most in need of UBI "Not layoffs - replacement. If a computer can do it faster, it will"

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

AI now costs more than human workers. So don't tell us we can't afford UBI. If AI creates public-scale wealth, people deserve a share through Public Wealth Fund dividends.

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Singapore is an economic miracle. Their visionary founding father understood that because land value is publicly created, it should be publicly shared. Tax land, instead of workers/businesses.

Lee Kuan Yew portrait beside quote criticizing private profit from publicly created land value.

Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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The property tax reform we need to build a healthier housing market. More and more cities and policymakers are beginning to understand this.

Common Wealth Canada graphic: Alan Cranston quote says higher land taxes and lower improvement taxes tested successfully.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In Canada, real estate (60-90% land value) is by far the #1 source of rising net worths. It's not even close. To restore the link between work and wealth, The Economist Editorial Board says build more housing and tax land value. We need leaders who will heed this call.

The Economist headline: “Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working,” with a gold baby pacifier on red cloth.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our common wealth is being plundered at scale without compensation. This includes the value of land and natural resources. It's time we reclaimed it to pay us common dividends.

Common Wealth Canada graphic of Guy Standing with quote urging to take back the commons and compensate 'we, the people'.

Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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BC has "the best land assessment authority in North America for Georgist reasons... that gets you top marks". — Prof. Francis K. Peddle Early BC mayors like L.D. Taylor supported taxing land over productivity. This should be mainstream politics again.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Famed economist Mariana Mazzucato says we should pay citizen's dividends from co-created wealth, like nature and publicly-funded technologies. "How do we make sure that we're not just socializing risks but also socializing rewards?"

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

South Korea's rural UBI (called Love Gift Certificates 🫰) was so successful, they wanted to make it permanent and expand to 69 regions. The results speak for themselves: local businesses grew, declining regions saw population growth. The west should pay attention when UBI works.

South Korea considers expanding rural basic income after reports of population growth and stronger local businesses.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Texas U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is calling for an AI dividend: "we cannot allow all the gains of this innovation to accumulate at the top… you see this in Alaska, they have a statewide dividend for their oil and gas resources."

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Alberta's Fund could've been 15 times bigger & paid dividends to citizens. "As demonstrated in Alaska, by giving citizens ownership shares in the state resources, they recognize their vested interest and demand that the state maximizes returns from such resources." — Fraser

Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Land value tax is an inclusive idea that can appeal to both those on the left and the right.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

this is already how the wealthiest get most of their income not a stretch to think AI can make this reality for more people

Common Wealth Canada graphic: C.H. Douglas quote saying dividends will replace wages and salaries; portrait of man in coat

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Republican senator from Ohio wants to tax land rather than property. Property taxes discourage housing and encourage hoarding. Land value tax fixes this.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Land value arises from collective efforts.

Common Wealth Canada graphic: Martin Adams quote says land value is created by community and should be shared; portrait of ma

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🔰UBI + LVT = huge societal win

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"If basic income for the arts pays for itself... expand it to all."

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If business leaders know displacement is coming, then the conversation cannot stop at innovation. It has to include security too. Basic income is what responsibility looks like in an age of automation.

Chris Ford quote urging a basic income floor to support people amid job displacement, with portrait of speaker

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

AI accelerationists support UBI

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Microsoft AI CEO and UBI supporter: "Most of the tasks accountants, lawyers and other professionals currently undertake will be fully automated by AI within 12-18 months" Also him: "UBI is a political and economic measure we have to start talking about in a serious way"

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The largest statement in the history of the economics profession is a call for universal carbon dividends paid to every citizen. Economists generally agree: tax pollution and return the money to us.

Wall Street Journal page showing economists’ statement supporting a carbon tax with dividends returned to citizens.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tax cuts on the middle class—the middle ground that both left and right can agree on. If we lower tax on income and shift it to land, most households come out ahead and we'd have a healthier housing market. That's a political winner.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Productivity gains increasingly accrue to capital owners and high-skilled workers, not to the median employees or working-class households." The solution is simple: build an income floor nobody can fall through; pay Public Wealth Fund dividends that everyone a share in the AI age.

Article by Carlo Fanelli: "Canadians aren't imagining the cost-of-living crisis." Photo of coffee beans in a roasting plant.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

louder for those in the back

Common Wealth Canada graphic: Daryl Fairweather quote, “Canada can’t fix its housing crisis without a land value tax.”

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Ireland's artist basic income paid back much of what it cost. That's why it's now permanent. Now South Korea is following: the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced plans to develop its own basic income model for artists by the end of 2026.

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Canadian TV icon Ed the Sock supports UBI

Ed the Sock says people still want to work with UBI and that basic income is good for the economy.

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Looks like John Stewart is pro-UBI

Jon Stewart portrait with quote framing UBI as a stronger economic floor, not entitlement but investment in people.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hyundai workers are striking as humanoid robots prepare to hit the factory floor. With BMW and GM following suit, human labor is at a tipping point. We need basic income now to protect workers and maintain stability as AI accelerates.

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This might just be the biggest economic injustice of all.

Common Wealth Canada graphic: Eric Lombardi quote says earned income taxed heavily while land wealth barely touched; calls it

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The cost of housing comes mostly from land values, which are shaped by the work society does around it. It's fair for that value to be shared with the larger society that created it.

Portrait of Peter Wills beside quote saying land value tax could be the market-oriented solution to housing affordability.

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Common Wealth Canada @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Andrew Yang says we should stop taxing workers, and tax AI instead. "We should try to stop taxing labor." Let's take it a step further: shift income taxes to land and pay dividends, as Sam Altman has proposed. Land gets more valuable as AI makes us more productive.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's commonly accepted that basic income would boost the economy, healthcare, and personal freedoms.

Portrait of Max Fawcett with quote arguing UBI boosts growth, supports jobs, and lowers healthcare costs.

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

South Korea's 49th PM knew AI should fund UBI. This is common sense policy now that all technologically advanced societies should adopt. "I am considering the idea of combining the massive wealth that will arise in relation to the AI great transformation with basic income." UBI works.

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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 · 02/10/2026

Very few policies can tackle the housing crisis like shifting taxes to the unearned rental value of land

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

We're overtaxing productivity and undertaxing land.

Chart: Most top economists say land value tax boosts economy; 13% strongly agree, 70% agree, 14% uncertain.

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

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1/2 of your labour goes to using land 1/4 of your labour goes to the government How about we tax land instead of hard work?

Social media exchange: “Why is our generation unhappy?” Reply: “Rent 50% of my income.”

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

Imagine working full-time to barely make rent and the house makes more than you (it's taxed less than you too)

Tweet saying people don’t want to work anymore because working no longer pays.

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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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