@Eternalifeisbtr@mark_slapinski@politico We treat politics like a sports rivalry. Both teams are selling out the country, but we keep wearing our colors and wondering why we keep losing.
You work hard, build a business, and get taxed. A speculator buys empty land, does nothing, and gets rich when the city grows. Fair? No. Land Value Tax (LVT) fixes this. Tax the land, not the labor. End hoarding, lower housing costs.
@antimax @DaveShapi In post-labour economics, AI drives the cost of living to near zero. By making everything we produce faster, better, smarter, and cheaper, AI demonetizes basic needs. When rent and food become practically free, wage-slavery ends.
@Diab26902El@DaveShapi Counterpoint: UBI allows people to move away from expensive cities. That geographic mobility dramatically lowers the cost of living, which is a major catalyst for upward social mobility.
@Empress_Moo @sarobertsonca Calling Ford a liberal is wild. The goalposts have just moved so far to the populist right. Honestly, Mark Carney is a much better example of a classic 90s PC conservative, all about the markets and balanced books.
Myth: If we tax billionaires they won't create jobs.
Fact: Last year, billionaires got the largest tax break in history. Now, they are literally planning to replace every worker in America with a robot or AI.
Trickle down economics is a scam. Tax billionaires out of existence.
@econofreight@_joshyoung@StevenMeyerUX @bnwraptor @AndrewYang The thing with UBI is that we don't necessarily have to print a ton of new money for it. It's not like CERB, which was kind of a messy, last-minute band-aid. We honestly just need a real game plan for when a bunch of jobs inevitably disappear.
Gemini said
A #4dayworkweek isn't just an office perk, it's a game-changer for physical labor. An extra day of rest means muscles actually recover, fatigue related injuries drop, and tradespeople can protect their bodies to extend their careers. Rest is a safety requirement.