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Replace the 16th Amendment with a single tax on net assets at the interest rate on government debt, assessed at their liquidation value ... and use the revenue to privatize government with a citizen's dividend.

https://ota.polyonymo.us/others-papers/NetAssetTax_Bowery.tx...

When we got a law passed to privatize space launch services back in 1990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boLdXiLJZoY

we were in the midst of a quasi-depression so I decided to address the problem of private capitalization of technology with the aforelinked proposal.



Schemes like this tend to move assets to a better location and otherwise cause widespread restructuring to minimise the loss. Taxation is inherently complicated.


Not only that, but it would incentivize people to not own assets. People would live paycheck to paycheck, they’d rent longer, and they’d waste money on lavish trips or food (at least until the next economic downturn when they get evicted and lose everything).




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