My letter in G & M on the idea of a GAI for Canada

[Frank de Jong]

I had signed it "Frank de Jong, Earthsharing Canada"  but they stripped my illustrious credentials.  : ) 

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/letters/feb-8-valuing-income-plus-other-letters-to-the-editor/article28615169/

A GAI, yes, but not if it is financed by raising income, sales, business or any other deadweight, economy-damaging taxes. Rather, it should be financed by capturing some of the economic rent – wealth that is created by the community and which should, in any case, be returned to the community. I suggest we call it a “citizen’s dividend.”

Frank de Jong, Faro, Yukon