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Floyd Marinescu
@floydmarinescu.bsky.social
CEO & Co-founder @infoq.com & @qconferences.com
Founder @ubiworks.bsky.social | advocate for basic income and sharing common wealth

Into health, wealth (economics), knowledge of Self.

floydmarinescu.com
Basic income is about equality of opportunity.
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Why Canada's proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer - Basic Income Is.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday released a study that found that artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, or as much as $1.2 trillion in wages across finance, health care and professional services."

Universal basic income is needed yesterday.
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
Breaking: Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country.
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Banks will collect as much as the value of your home in interest payments. Extending amortizations just makes it worse.

We need to disrupt this cycle of unlimited credit fuelling unlimited prices.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I trust millions of people to make better decisions on how to spend their money than the government can.
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A land value tax could stall home prices so that incomes can catch up.

Most households would come out ahead, experiencing net tax relief. Workers would keep more of their paycheques.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
@mark-carney.bsky.social

Dude, me and a whole lot of other Liberal voters are running out of patience, as well as food, clothing, and heat.

House us, and give us a national disability Support Program. Or better yet, a LIVABLE UBI. Canada would again be the envy of the world.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
"Tax cuts are not what motivates investors or entrepreneurs, they’re not what creates jobs, and they undermine the things that do: broad economic stability and strong consumer demand... [Universal Basic Income] creates reliable consumer demand beyond subsistence spending."

Canada should do UBI.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
UBI Works founder @floydmarinescu.bsky.social's op-ed in The Star

As a entrepreneur, Floyd knows corporate tax cuts aren't what drive innovation and entrepreneurship — certainty, consumer demand, and economic security do. That's what Basic Income delivers.
Why Canada’s proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer
Tax cuts are not what motivates investors or entrepreneurs, they’re not what creates jobs, and they undermine the things that do.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
AI will destroy more jobs than it creates.

That’s why Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate and 'Godfather of AI' says a basic income may be necessary.
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Why Canada's proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer - Basic Income Is.

www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Why Canada’s proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer
Tax cuts are not what motivates investors or entrepreneurs, they’re not what creates jobs, and they undermine the things that do.
www.thestar.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
sharing AI's gains through dividends means economic security for all, not just the few
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
It's not that radical
As expected, many still just parrot the same tired tropes instead responding to these points head on in good faith.

An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.

UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
As expected, many still just parrot the same tired tropes instead responding to these points head on in good faith.

An income floor is hyper-capital efficient and costs less than what we're spending today on poverty.

UBI dividends give us a stake in natural & publicly created common wealth.
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It's fairer to tax what people don't earn from land than what people do earn from work.

Even those who own lots of land could agree with that basic principle. In exchange, everyone's equity from work and productivity would grow.
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Many types of basic income already work today successfully.

Alaska's UBI dividend is being called on as a model for Alberta and US sovereign wealth funds.

A guaranteed income floor is just a negative income tax that would save taxpayers money.

www.ubiworks.ca/gbi-vs-ubi
Basic Income Explained: Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) vs. Universal Basic Income (UBI)
We already have basic income models that work: guaranteed basic income to lower poverty and UBI dividends from common resources. We explain the differences and how they work together to provide econom...
www.ubiworks.ca
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Working should get more tax relief than gains from owning land. We have it backwards.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Betting against UBI is betting against AI.

And I wouldn't bet against AI.
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
Lots of newcomers to basic income learning the truth:

- 0 studies showed major drop in work
- saves taxpayers $ long-run (cheaper than poverty)
- most Canadians benefited from some sort of basic income (CCB, GIS)
- people in AI pretty much all support UBI
- it's not left or right (see Alaska's UBI)
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee

News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
The evidence is in favour of basic income

pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity

That's what they'll learn
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee

News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reposted by Floyd Marinescu
LFG ✊🏼
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee

News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The evidence is in favour of basic income

pro-freedom, pro-safety, pro-family, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-jobs, pro-market, pro-dignity

That's what they'll learn
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee

News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM