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Ideas to get out of The Matrix: * Hire 2 people for 1 job, each working 20 hours per week * By law, ensure that workers keep the lion's share (50% or more) of
by zackmorris 5y ago
Ideas to get out of The Matrix:
* Hire 2 people for 1 job, each working 20 hours per week
* By law, ensure that workers keep the lion's share (50% or more) of whatever value they produce
* Outlaw all company shares besides common stock
* Use nonlinear voting shares: weight shares by value produced, tenure, etc instead of 1 share 1 vote
* Make government tax on individuals less than 50%
* Make all net income taxed the same, under the same tax brackets, even gifts/inheritance (50% by the $250-400,000 range)
* Provide universal basic income (UBI) via the 50% tax from the wealthiest individuals
* Tax all assets/investments the same as property tax on homes (as dollars or percent of shares)
* Make all tax writeoffs rates the same, regardless of type (remove the 6000 pound minimum on work vehicles, etc)
* Make companies pay or otherwise be responsible for their own externalities (pollution)
* Set tarrifs equal to the externalities (pollution, withheld wages, etc) not paid by companies in other countries
* Measure policy outcomes by median improvement, not mean (to act against wealth inequality)
* Make all debts dischargeable in bankruptcy (don't single out student loans)
* Make hazard pay N>=1 years of wages to next of kin upon death, and M>=50% of wages upon injury (all jobs, even military)
* Keep debts like hazard pay on an individual's credit score for 7 years, even if the company they owned declared bankruptcy
* Allow people to borrow against money legally owed to them (debts, alimony, liens, reparations, etc)
* Ban discrimination in lending (proof of unfairly denied loan reduces bank's leverage limit by amount of loan)
* Ban tax breaks nationally for companies moving to cities or states
* Remove the corporate veil (companies aren't people, make individuals on the board responsible for the company's actions)
* Provide guaranteed jobs, with the government as employer of last resort
- SyzygistSix 5y agoA lot of these are interesting ideas. What is "The Matrix" in this case?
- zackmorris 5y ago1999 thinking in a 21st century world
- b3morales 5y agoWhy do you propose both guaranteed jobs and UBI? Or is the list meant to be a bag of independent suggestions?
- zackmorris 5y agoYa just suggestions. With jobs vs UBI, I think the problem is that politicians say they'll create jobs, when really they should be creating incomes. An automation moonshot would quickly follow a change in priorities like that.