Common Wealth Canada

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We're advancing practical solutions to housing, productivity, and affordability, by shifting taxes to land and sharing natural and publicly created wealth. commonwealth.ca

Prosper Australia post: mineral rights belong to all; flawed royalties; capturing resource rents could add $66B/yr.
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Mariana Mazzucato quote says citizen dividends share co-created wealth from resources and publi
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Avi Bryant quote says luxury property owners should pay land value taxes to lower prices.
Meme with Star Trek captains: asks “What should we tax?” suggests land; punchline says “No, punish people for working.”
Tweet by Nina Turner: $7,900 in 1955 equals $90,110 today; $49.74 equals $558; vintage home ad.
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Karl Fitzgerald quote urges tax system to equalize opportunities and curb rent-seeking.
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Milton Friedman quote says least bad tax is property tax on unimproved land value (Henry George
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Peter Barnes quote says paying dividends from shared wealth helps sustain a large middle class.
Side-by-side: narrow tower 4% vacant vs same site 100% vacant; caption says land value tax charges same, encourages use.
Post by Ken Yang: Chart shows corporate profits rising since 1980 while labor compensation share declines.
Quote graphic featuring Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson supporting a land value tax to encourage housing development.
NonStop Local KHQ screenshot: Spokane eyes 19th-century tax reform (land value tax) to fix zombie houses and empty lots
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Nicholas Sarwark quote “If there are to be taxes, land value tax is best,” with portrait.
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Scott Galloway quote says “money money makes” is taxed lower than “money sweat makes.”
Adam Smith portrait and quote saying landlords reap where they never sowed and demand rent from earth’s produce.
Common Wealth Canada graphic: Franklin D. Roosevelt quote on unearned land value gains from new highway; portrait of FDR.
Quote by Thomas Paine: improvements are private property, not earth; landowners owe community ground rent.
Toronto Star headline on boosting productivity by working less, with image showing shift from 5-day to 4-day workweek.
Financial Post headline: over half of Canadians feel “financially paralyzed,” says RBC poll; stressed worker at desk.
Line chart: CMHC forecasts large Canadian home price growth despite weak economy; CREA actual vs scenarios through 2026.
Quote graphic featuring Wharton professor Robert P. Inman saying land value tax does the least damage to the economy.
Black-and-white Common Wealth graphic: Jay Hammond quote on protecting Alaska dividends with a “militant ring” of recipients.
Joseph Stiglitz quote says wealth gains come from rising land values; taxing land returns reduces inequality.
The Age headline about investors leaving Victoria over land taxes above photo of families attending a home auction
Claire Lehmann argues a land value tax could benefit young workers, especially if paired with lower income taxes.
News10 ABC headline: “Land value tax pilot program proposed to make New York housing affordable,” with excerpt explaining LVT
Comment screenshot (@cherkovision): “for houses to be more affordable, they need to cost less.” Says it was unpopular.