floydmarinescu.bsky.social
CEO & Co-founder @infoq.com & @qconferences.com Founder @ubiworks.bsky.social, @commonwealthcanada.bsky.social | advocate for basic income and sharing common wealth Into health, wealth (economics), knowledge of Self. floydmarinescu.com
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@floydmarinescu.bsky.socialTeddy Roosevelt supported land value tax to address rising rents.
Show PostPresident of BC General Employees' Union, Paul Finch says it's "relatively inconceivable" that Vancouver can create a housing price shock by supply alone. "There's not enough raw materials and skilled trades people...to build the supply that would create a price shock."
Show Post"If this trend continues we risk moving towards a system that increasingly resembles feudalism not socialism... Housing has been financialized, turning our homes into someone else's business" — John Pasalis, Realosophy President
Show PostWe punish those who build—and reward those who hoard. A land value tax changes that by shifting taxes off buildings and onto the value of the land itself.
Show PostNorway's sovereign wealth fund reflects a shared belief that the value of nature is something owned in common. It's time Canadians shared this mindset of safeguarding, not squandering, our natural resource wealth.
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