Guess which one has a job.
AI is reshaping the job market faster than any institution is responding. Creative, writing, coding, and analytic roles are being impacted first, and some billionaires are advocating to just write us a check. We think you deserve more than a handout. You deserve ownership in the new economy driven by AI because you've contributed to it.
Right now, your data flows to platforms and AI models for free. Every assignment you upload, every search you run, every route you drive. It all trains systems worth trillions. But, you don't see a dime. Then you pay a subscription to access the product your data helped build.
The Data Savings Act changes that. It establishes that your data is a financial asset you own, held in a personal Data Savings Account that compounds over time. Think of it like a pension for the future. The digital footprint you leave contributes both to AI's future and your own financial future.
This isn't anti-AI. It's pro-participation. Every AI system on Earth requires continuous streams of human-generated data to function. People aren't a problem to be subsidized. People are the asset AI is built on. The Act ensures everyone who contributes enjoys the upside.
"Tax the rich and send everyone a check." It's a compassionate idea built on a defeatist premise: that human economic contribution is obsolete.
It makes you a recipient. It says your value ended. The government will take care of it from here.
Your data has real economic value. The Act turns that value into a compounding asset in an account you control, not a check that someone else decides to send.
It makes you an owner. It says your contribution is ongoing, growing, and yours.
Your name enters the petition on the public record.
Student organizations co-sign and circulate the petition.
July 4, 2026. The petition is delivered to Congress in person.
Your data becomes a financial asset you own.
We're delivering the petition in person. We want real student voices being heard instead of consultants and lobbyists. You have the most to gain, or lose, by what policymakers do.
We practice what we preach. Your data is used only for this campaign. We don't sell it, share it, or train AI on it.
Here is how you can take action:
Add your name to the petition and share it with your members. Get listed as an official backer.
We send the materials: flyers, QR codes, talking points. You pick the event.
One URL in your next send: SignTheAct.DataReserve.org
Co-sponsors get listed as official backers, early access to the policy framework, and an invitation to the July listening session.
Delivered to Congress in person. Your name on the record.
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