> 1. Remove state income tax outside of cities >100k people
> 3. Waive property taxes for farms & factories in towns <25k people
Given how the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" — along with all the other things people think of when they imagine Las Vegas — isn't in the city of Las Vegas but rather in the unincorporated town of Paradise, Nevada, I think this kind of thing will be immediately gamed.
> 2. Add high import tariffs on all goods
Autarchy is ever tempting, almost everyone who tries it regrets it.
> 5. Stop all forms of immigration for 8 years
Why would those help? Cities can also have factories, why would factory owners move back to rural places given the people already left, and until the factories move why would the people? Why do migrants matter at all for this?
> 4. Move federal spending from military to infrastructure such as rail, roads & internet.
I like rail and internet, and I (begrudgingly) get roads. I can even see the value of having the engineering corp doing some of their exercises in the form of making infrastructure for civilian use.
Don't get how this will help "rural" (which seems like the wrong term for 25/100k population settlements) America.
> 1. Remove state income tax outside of cities >100k people
> 3. Waive property taxes for farms & factories in towns <25k people
Given how the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" — along with all the other things people think of when they imagine Las Vegas — isn't in the city of Las Vegas but rather in the unincorporated town of Paradise, Nevada, I think this kind of thing will be immediately gamed.
> 2. Add high import tariffs on all goods
Autarchy is ever tempting, almost everyone who tries it regrets it.
> 5. Stop all forms of immigration for 8 years
Why would those help? Cities can also have factories, why would factory owners move back to rural places given the people already left, and until the factories move why would the people? Why do migrants matter at all for this?
> 4. Move federal spending from military to infrastructure such as rail, roads & internet.
I like rail and internet, and I (begrudgingly) get roads. I can even see the value of having the engineering corp doing some of their exercises in the form of making infrastructure for civilian use.
Don't get how this will help "rural" (which seems like the wrong term for 25/100k population settlements) America.