Well they're already greatly offended by taxes and the idea that civilization requires money to run...
I think outside of being offended, you'd just have a hard to getting any agreements on what would qualify.
I think outside of being offended, you'd just have a hard to getting any agreements on what would qualify.
The HN crowd might over-allocate $1000s per person to NSF, NIH and NASA and short Social Security while 100+M people contribute $0 to science, but depend on SS to survive. We might end up with the same budget but people feeling more in control.
We'd also see large scale advertising which is actually a good thing: ads are pretty cheap/efficient, make people feel better about their government and society, and employ an army of creative people. I imagine you wouldn't see branches of government running negative ads against each other - it would be more like the feel-good military recruiting ads today.
Sorry if this sounds utopian, I've had a rough week (in addition to everybody's rough week) and need something to feel good about.
And hang in there, the weekend is almost there. :-)
[1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/whic...
interesting to see how impactful a public health plan is ($158B) and raising the limit on social security income ($633B) and 2% VAT ($885B).
If Social Security is an entitlement program like any other, why is there any max income? Why is it only on "earned" income?
* Theoretical Sanders administration aside.
Plus the Better-Dead-Than-Red strain of US Libertarianism. We may be poor, unhealthy, and beholden to wealthy political donors... but at least we ain't no Commie!