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 Originally Posted by boost
It seems like, if we're going down this road, the system that makes the most sense is a correlation between dollars donated and votes allocated. Having it be binary, as you propose, gets the worst result as you both need a massive beurocracy to determine whether someone is net + or -, and you incentivize the gaming of the system where people gain full citizenship by paying a net $0.01 in taxes.
Wouldn't you need a massive bureaucracy to enact your system too?
Originally Posted by boost
Also, I'm pretty sure I'm not in the top 2% of American earners, yet I think I pay net + in taxes. What am I missing? My paycheck has stuff taken out of it, and I typically get a very small tax return or owe a small amount (because lol@ loaning the government free monies.)
I'm guessing by 'net' he means the people who pay more tax than the average amount paid by a taxpayer? However it's calculated it would amount to giving only the wealthy people the vote, and so seems not so good in principle.
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