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I've been saying, to anyone who will listen, that: Pay kids to move to, or simply stay, in Kansas. After the kids get some relevant degrees, give them zero in

I've been saying, to anyone who will listen, that: Pay kids to move to, or simply stay, in Kansas. After the kids get some relevant degrees, give them zero interest loans, new tractors, whatever. I really don't care what it costs. Simply redirect all those agricultural subsidies from corporations to families.

sooheon 5y ago
> Pay kids to move to, or simply stay, in Kansas. [...] give them zero interest loans, new tractors, whatever. Direct incentives like this usually get gamed or don't work. I prefer the Georgist approach, working with, not against market forces. Make all land speculation fully unprofitable by taxation, and make all returns from labor and capital (i.e. wages, interest, and non-rent profit) free from taxation or rent. Use the difference to fund a citizen's dividend. > Simply redirect all those agricultural subsidies from corporations to families. Absolutely, all direct subsidies must go, but let's not replace them with other subsidies. A Georgist system would replace all rentier subsidies with a labor and capital friendly free market.
elif 5y ago
Or an organization dedicated to offering training and subsidized equipment rental. Something similar exists in NZ
- specialist 5y ago
  Our foreign policy gave money to foreign recipients to be spent on our own gear and services. I'm find with doing that domestically.
smt88 5y ago
But for all these kids, what do they have to give up? Cities/suburbs come with appealing perks: entertainment, dining, large dating pools, etc. What percentage of young people could we really convince to give up those things and how much would it cost us? I don't doubt that some young people badly want a rural/agricultural lifestyle. I'm skeptical that we could convert more of them with just money.
rednerrus 5y ago
WFH allows some of these kids to stay in Kansas.

sooheon 5y ago

> Pay kids to move to, or simply stay, in Kansas. [...] give them zero interest loans, new tractors, whatever. Direct incentives like this usually get gamed or don't work. I prefer the Georgist approach, working with, not against market forces. Make all land speculation fully unprofitable by taxation, and make all returns from labor and capital (i.e. wages, interest, and non-rent profit) free from taxation or rent. Use the difference to fund a citizen's dividend. > Simply redirect all those agricultural subsidies from corporations to families. Absolutely, all direct subsidies must go, but let's not replace them with other subsidies. A Georgist system would replace all rentier subsidies with a labor and capital friendly free market.

elif 5y ago

Or an organization dedicated to offering training and subsidized equipment rental. Something similar exists in NZ

specialist 5y ago
Our foreign policy gave money to foreign recipients to be spent on our own gear and services. I'm find with doing that domestically.

smt88 5y ago

But for all these kids, what do they have to give up? Cities/suburbs come with appealing perks: entertainment, dining, large dating pools, etc. What percentage of young people could we really convince to give up those things and how much would it cost us? I don't doubt that some young people badly want a rural/agricultural lifestyle. I'm skeptical that we could convert more of them with just money.

rednerrus 5y ago

WFH allows some of these kids to stay in Kansas.