Blogger proposes seeding universal high income with an annual AI-stock levy for every US citizen
signulll · x · 2026-10-21
X user signulll (271k followers) outlines a concrete universal-high-income scheme: open brokerage accounts for every US citizen, seed them with an annual in-kind levy on AI companies' shares (especially the majors) plus voluntary contributions from the wealthy, add a cash dividend floor kicking in later, and unlock funds gradually by age.
He acknowledges it only works once these companies are public, but argues it's the simplest first-order solution to broad job displacement—a problem he thinks is more imminent than people imagine.
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