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The only problem I see - who will pay for it? Considering that in the future most jobs are automated/remote moving a company somewhere else will pose no problem
by margorczynski 9y ago
The only problem I see - who will pay for it? Considering that in the future most jobs are automated/remote moving a company somewhere else will pose no problem so taxing them will simply fail
- auggierose 9y agoMake it so that on your death or when you renounce your nationality, all capital you own goes back to the nation.
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- telesilla 9y agoThe important question! I value (the late, amazing) Alan Watts' take on this: "The answer is the machine. The machine pays for it, because the machine works for the manufacturer and for the community." or put another way "It will simply come from the share of productivity gains made possible by technology that should already be shared." https://steemit.com/basicincome/@scottsantens/who-pays-for-universal-basic-income-philosopher-alan-watts-answers-the-big-question https://steemit.com/basicincome/@scottsantens/who-pays-for-u... https://medium.com/basic-income/machine-labor-day-d77931dca9a8 https://medium.com/basic-income/machine-labor-day-d77931dca9...
- s_kilk 9y agoThe answer is to (re)-impose capital controls to prevent the capital flight you mention. If we're going to live in a bright future then the days of corporations strip-mining the societies they exist in with impunity have got to come to an end.
- bantunes 9y agoThe trillions hidden away in tax havens would be a start.