The land takes society’s economic and social gains

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Throughout history, land has always been underutilized due to the way in which its boundless economic surplus is rarely ever used (or even recognised) for its full potential to uplift society.

The same applies to other forms of the commons, like natural resources or even the airwaves. These commons can generate enough surplus to give society the wealth it needs to eliminate eight-hour workdays or even make taxation altogether obsolete.

Most people unfortunately are unaware of how much potential there is in the surplus from the commons. It can even generate enough money to give everyone in your country a healthy annual stipend to keep you and future generations financially secure.

a Citizen’s Dividend makes you wealthy

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The nature of government welfare means that a person reliant on welfare barely scrapes by while on it.
There may be individual cases of people abusing welfare to enrich themselves.
But, on a system-wide basis, large chunks of people on welfare can’t become wealthy.
On the other hand, the potential wealth generated by a Citizen’s Dividend (collected and redistributed from economic surplus from the commons) means that individuals can have decent lives with a humane source of income.
They won’t become millionaires from it alone, but they also won’t have to just live on table scraps like with traditional welfare.

The best way to mitigate COVID Era unemployment

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The pandemic has disrupted the global economy. That cannot be understated. According to a World Economic Forum report from 15 July 2021, youth employment throughout 2020 increased to 8.7% and a total of 255 million full-time jobs were lost worldwide due to the pandemic.

A guaranteed annual stipend generated by the collection and redistribution of the economic surplus from land and other forms of the commons (or, as we like to call it, a “Citizen’s Dividend”) is an effective way to help people get through these difficult times.

Land alone has enough untapped surplus value that can be distributed to everyone to help keep them stay afloat during particularly rainy days.

A self-regenerating well that never dries up

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A Citizen’s Dividend by its very nature can never run out. It will generate economic rent as long as society and human activity exist.

This economic rent can be collected and distributed back to the people. This in turn encourages people to do more trade, commerce and the like.

Which means even more economic rent is generated. It’s all part of a positive feedback loop that ensures everyone gets a steady and practically endless source of income.