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What you're saying might be true. My sense is that the political project of doing a full-on tax-and-entitlement reform that results in a more sane system is imp
by CityOfThrowaway 3y ago
What you're saying might be true. My sense is that the political project of doing a full-on tax-and-entitlement reform that results in a more sane system is impossible in the US.
At the ideological/theoretical level, I absolutely believe that there exists a radically more optimal way distribute the existing tax burden and funds.
But at the practical level, I think we have to do the equivalent of a long-term refactor. Any changes we make must be within the existing system and make sense on their own. Our only real option is to steer our way, digestible diff-by-digestible diff, to a better future.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoSo do it that way. Don't start off with a $12,000/year UBI, eliminate SNAP and instead give everyone a tax credit in the same amount. Adjust the tax brackets to make the math work out. Then do the same thing with housing subsidies, and Medicaid, until all the largest programs are gone. At which point you can see the results and start asking why we shouldn't just do everything that's still left at once.
- CityOfThrowaway 3y agoI would support this!