Tom Pogson

#BasicIncome #UBI and #GLBI are now mainstream as people are more and more seeing the incredible potential as our economy becomes more automated. But there are concerns that come up often. Let's take them on. 🧵 #bcpoli #cdnpoli #yyj #yvr

The visionary author understood that taxing land instead of workers can steer us away from a dystopian future.

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In the 2010 Madhya Pradesh pilot, researchers were stunned by the sheer amount of improvement after a few months, considering the amount they could do was very modest. Money isn't everything, but unconditionally and in the people's hands, it's powerful topsoil. 🌱 #basicincome

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@Dave_Eby Since you became Premier in 2022, Why has there been $0 increase to Disability Support & not tied to inflation? Last increase in 2021.. Will your Government immediately raise the rates to no less than Poverty Level Financial Support? People are suffering now.! #bcpoli

Gerald Huff, Former Principal Engineer at Tesla was a visionary UBI advocate. He saw the extreme job disruption of AI and believed UBI would ease the transition to a world of abundance created by technology.

I'd say the most common response to universal basic income is some variant of "it will just increase prices!" In response, I frequently find myself explaining how it's not that simple, and there are many variables involved. So here's my summary of 17 of the variables to consider.

Universal cash checks are political dynamite. The fact that Democrats aren't spearheading this is political malpractice

A world with no basic income says jobs are automatically valued, but humans are not.

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This is a pretty important point The natural path of our economy with AI is to continue this trend. To actually address it, we need guaranteed income as a floor for workers, and social wealth funds / UBI dividends to give everyone a stake in the economy