I get where you are coming from but even then, a large portion of the population already depends on government directly for their income (7-8%) + all the govern

I get where you are coming from but even then, a large portion of the population already depends on government directly for their income (7-8%) + all the government contractors, etc. Plus the government decides if a lot of business live or die (import tax, regulations, etc.) That's not including all the obtuse tax laws that affect people's income to a huge degree (see the recent article on how billionaires get around to not paying taxes). It's hard to argue most people are not already mostly dependent on the whims of the government for their income (although imo the utilities the government provides are more important than the income).