Economists on the left and right agree that the fairest tax of all is NOT on what you earn from work or building homes, but on what you don't earn from rising land value.

If we want affordable homes, we must break our addiction to high and rising home prices, which come mostly from land values.

At the root of our housing crisis is the collective desire to treat homes as an investment, not just a place to live. How do we turn that around?

BC land value "increased by over $1 trillion over a decade. It tripled." — Paul Finch, President of BC General Employees' Union This is the largest transfer of public to private wealth happening before our eyes.

You've heard of universal basic income. What about universal basic capital? Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen says it's how we tackle inequality and give citizens a stake in a nation's success. "As opposed to taxing the robots, why not own the robots?"

B.C. could eliminate taxes on income, property, transfer, and SVT with a single tax on land value. It could leave most households ahead and make the tax system much fairer.

Our biggest challenges in housing, poverty, and productivity stem from our relationship to land. No policy will make homes affordable or end poverty without making land a worse long-term investment.

Many people wonder why land value tax won't just raise rents. Answer: you can't create or destroy land. That's why economists consider it the 'least bad' (even 'perfect') tax. It could lower income or property taxes and encourage more housing supply.

Paying everyone dividends from wealth we all have a moral claim to - whether that's natural resources, social wealth funds, or AIs trained on our data - is how we achieve Keynes' vision of 20-hour workweeks. It's how we achieve a Star Trek economy.

"We have enough flippin' tax" Yes, on things that make society better and more productive, like work and building homes. We should shift those taxes to land value instead.

Dobbu Scay @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Movie: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Year: 2017 More than anything, this was an easter egg in The Last Jedi as Mark Hamill voiced this casino creature in the Canto Bight scene. #StarWars #TheLastJedi

Arike and 1 #WNBA

Assistant Professor Brian Allen (Mathematics) has authored a new paper in Letters in Mathematical Physics that describes a novel mathematical tool for comparing different models of spacetime. https://ow.ly/pRtS50YWGae

King Charles meets Zohran Mamdani. The way they laugh together like they’ve known each other for ages 💙

Posted 2 hours ago by @keegantatum.bsky.social & @lucasbean.bsky.social keegantatum: With @luke360 Psychology: the actual number 1 reason why MAGA right wing conservative Trump supporters are so submissive to authority. Written and edited by @keegantatum #explore #politics #psychology #magazine

April on the podcast, incredible stuff on the way!

#VisibilityBrigade #democracy @maddow.bsky.social #rights #civilrights #usa #mayday @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #epstein #ice #freespeech #boycott #fascism #freedom #kentuckyderby

Selina Wang, ABC News’ chief White House correspondent, is seen taking cover after several rounds were fired outside the White House. #ProudBlue #WhiteHouseShooting

Hundreds of handshakes. Dozens of demos. And ONE official Clarience Technologies #WTW26 booth that brought our brands together! Thanks to the attendees who stopped by, our experts who manned the booth, and the teams who made this possible. It’s been quite a ride! #trucking #construction

For her new world, #Resonite creator TheBasementNerd utilizes simple random generation to create a shadowy infinite forest. Watch her explain how it works in this short:

📢 The US has shaken up its dietary guidelines causing media headlines around the world. Watch our webinar featuring Professor Mike Rayner of @ox.ac.uk and Food Foundation Executive Director Anna Taylor to hear why it matters for UK food policy. 🔗 bit.ly/4t5hTzm

Now Fox News is running with how Pam Bondi made promises of transparency that never surfaced and that maybe the reason she is out is to keep her from being deposed by the House later this month on her handling of the Epstein files. No mention of Trump and how she was following his orders.

We've got to get corporate power out of youth sports so they’re no longer a luxury item. Every kid should have the chance to play in their community and learn skills, discipline, and teamwork. That's what this fight is about.

Rooster S01 E10: Songs for Raisa #ɴᴏᴡꜱᴛʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ 📺

My April reading wrap-up! #booksky #romancereader #alienromance #scifiromance #monsterromance

Schlaf und Fruchtbarkeit: was in der Nacht über deinen Zyklus entscheidet. Melatonin wird nachts produziert und schützt laut Studienlage die Eizelle vor oxidativem Stress. Wachstumshormon wird im Tiefschlaf ausgeschüttet und ist an der Follikelreifung beteiligt. Schlafmangel erhöht Cortisol.

🙋🏻‍♀️Sleepy drunk 1/2 a drink & my eyes get heavy then I start looking for a comfy chair, couch… shoulder I'd assume my 52% European dna would hold but imagine the 41% Spanish side & 11% Portuguese side are arguing over who invented sangria while my 38% Indigenous side drinks, smirks at debate, & 😴

The Cavs open up the 4thQ with a 27 point lead

An Israeli🇮🇱settler helped the military detain a Palestinian🇵🇸for no reason, kneeling on his neck. #Act @kajakallas.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @spokesperson.europarl.europa.eu @cnn.com @reuters.com

Hasan Piker’s interview with Ashley St. Clair Reviewing verified iMessages from October 2024, the data shows Elon Musk framing geopolitical cycles as an unlisted "chessboard" maneuver, explicitly citing a "10,000 lasers in space" satellite architecture to project absolute operational defiance.

They’re all just losers‼️

🌧️ Algunos puntos de Ourense registraron granizo de más de dos centímetros Los vientos muy fuertes complicaron la situación ↘️ /provincia/tormentas-electricas-sacuden-ourense-semana-alerta_1_20260524-4288618.html

This is sad and unacceptable for people who want to serve on our judiciary OP: @couriernewsroom

Even in non-political discussions, half or more posts are "created content" trolling for clicks but average workaday Joes and Jills who don't breathe news night and day ... buy it, literally.

BREAKING: Labor and Hunger Strike continues at Delaney Hall torture center in Newark, New Jersey. Against state law, there are no doctors or medical staff in the facility. Governor Mikie Sherill has deployed state police to protect ICE from accountability instead of arresting the ICE thugs.

Me every 5 mins

Wrapping up May and Aging Life Care month with this reel 💚10 years after graduating med school, Dr. G @drmamakai.bsky.social returned to Austin, Texas for the TOP TIER 42nd Annual National ALCA conference 💜 LEARN more on the podcast S4:E5 with President Nina

"Wir setzen alles daran, dass sich 2015 nicht wiederholen wird. Wir sind heute europäisch wie national deutlich besser vorbereitet." @beate.neos.eu #iran #europe #doorstep #energy

Taking on a new challenge (From the @MSU_Basketball account on the other site)

Claude Opus 4.8 just dropped and people are split on whether it's a major upgrade or just incremental improvements. Agentic coding bumped up 5% with other benchmarks seeing modest gains. But the real story is Mythos dropping in weeks and apparently no system is safe from it.

It's so strange to see China boast about their supposed lead in AI robotics when it's really just remote controlled puppeting.

Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children and @utoronto.ca used special imaging techniques at the CLS to create a high-resolution, 3D map of curved fish spines, and noted they act very much like human spines as #scoliosis worsens. Full story: https://bit.ly/4nvOomR

"How can you mess this up?! And the answer is, so many ways..." 🫣 Spoilers for this week's brand new Take: Mark does not love FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2 😡 🎬 Full review in the pod + ETERNITY😇 JAY KELLY🎭 IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT🚐 🎧 Listen pod.fo/e/35fcce 📺 Watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWDNNluTyxY

#andrewhuberman #mind #success #motivation

Why 2020s just keep make me suffer too much with all these terrible changes and dramas and make me do all these awful things on social media, WHY JUST ME!!!!

🔔 Set your reminder. Something's coming. THURSDAY 21st MAY 2026. Nadia Enver is a Financial Planner, a single mum of two, and someone who has turned a life of turbulence into a career built on helping women take control of their money and their futures. 💬 Drop a 🌧️ in the comments if you're ready

Prusament Ultraglow isn't just for toys! 🌟 It’s perfect for practical safety gear, like these ISO 7010 Emergency Exit Signs by Drunken Monkey. Printed in PETG Ultraglow Green and Jungle Green. www.printables.com/model/871474...

“Jordan you think you’re playing hard enough and I’m telling you, you’re not” @CoachStoutland really took @jordan_mailata from a guy who didn’t know what a quarterback was to an All-Pro Original post

Getting some looped ocean meshes from #houdini into #unreal via vat. Just love the realtime sss! #indiedev

New cosplay reveal ✨ Invisible Woman activated 💙 Get the cosplay content before EVERYONE + exclusives Patreon.com/emeii #InvisibleWoman #SueStorm #FantasticFour #suestormcosplay #fantastic4cosplay

Leuk om zo mee te maken. Allemaal blije mensen onder ons hotelbalkon. Het mooie is dat die bar Les Amateurs heet

Today I will teach the May workshop for the 2026 Soda City Poetry Festival Workshop Series. Join us TODAY, May 9, 2026, from 2-4 p.m. at Richland Library Main, Meeting Room N. This month’s workshop is for young people ages 8-18. #RIANNJENKINS #POETRY #FYP #STUDENT #FYP

Episode 22 of Comedians in Dungeons Getting Dragons is out now! In this episode the Top Guns try to figure out an alternative solution for their Duke problem, make some interesting discoveries while researching mycology and re-enact a classic Star Wars scene.

When someone told Dana that her original song, "Shu Ma Sar" (Whatever Happens), was being shared everywhere and giving people hope, she realized how much music can hold a space for healing.  🎥 Full episode: https://sumudpod.com 📲 Follow: @dredhasan.bsky.social

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#Disney #Television #Cartoons #Animation #Nostalgia #TheProudFamily

A puncture repair kit would be better for the girlfriends of computer buffs.

Μy 🖋🎬🍏🍎 "13 Strokes..." (#short #art #experimental, 2023) won 1 🏆 in American Filmatic Arts Awards: Best Foreign Short Experimental, NY, USA, 8th Annual Edition, 2024. 💖🌞🙏 #filmmaking #author #writing #writer #poetry #filmfestival #photography #shortfilm #poster

Gorgeous basketball

Now that St. Petersburg is burning during Putin's important International Economic Forum (SPIEF), we are now just waiting for the Crimean Bridge to become a thing of the past.