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BREAKING: Andrew Yang says we should stop taxing workers, and tax AI instead. That can fund UBI.
"We should try to stop taxing labor."
The Marshall Islands started paying a UBI to every citizen through a public trust fund which grew local spending.
Not the first time this has worked -- think Alaska -- and definitely not the last time.
No income test, which means you always earn more with work. UBI Works.
South Korea is putting ideas we've advocated for years into practice: turning common wealth into dividends for citizens.
Ken Yang sits down with South Korea's Vice-Chair of the Presidential Commission for Basic Society, the man driving this change.
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South Korea is implementing policies of the future today -- dividends for all citizens from AI and renewables.
I sat down with one of the key figures behind this, Vice-Chair of South Korea's Presidential Commission on Basic Society, Dr. Nam-hoon Kang.
We covered AI and land dividends, renewable energy, and sovereign wealth funds as a path to higher living standards across the board. I hope other countries will take note.
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Selling a finite natural resource should leave us with a lasting public asset. A sovereign wealth fund turns a one-time inheritance into income future generations can share.
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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.
ALT Portrait of Peter Wills beside quote saying land value tax could be the market-oriented solution to housing affordability.
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Bloomberg covered Hong Kong's MTR, the most profitable subway on earth.
Land value capture funds their metro and creates a net surplus, creating a virtuous cycle to build more. Should other countries be using this as a model?
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Being able to plan beyond the next payday should be ordinary. A guaranteed income would make that freedom less of a luxury.
Yukon MP and former Chief Medical Officer of Health presented a hand-signed petition on behalf of many Yukoners calling for a guaranteed basic income "aimed at reducing poverty and improving economic security across Canada".
Top Canadian economists agree: UBI works 👍
It can grow the economy more than it costs while enhancing the standard of living for ALL of us.
Share if you believe it's time for basic income in Canada.
A basic income should give people the freedom to care for someone, retrain or start a business without gambling the rent.
