BTW, that was in my "Kingdom 2037" manifesto http://anomalyuk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/kingdom-2037.html … "Foreigners can live and work freely, but are subject to an income tax"
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Replying to @anomalyuk
think you mean "ceremony" rather than "ceremonial" in there. Would suggest turnover taxes & sales taxes universal rather than targeted
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Replying to @bswud @anomalyuk
surprise this size of govt needs 25% of GNP, especially if influx of (even more) wealthy foreigners means the tax base is rather large
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Replying to @bswud @anomalyuk
but perhaps that's because king is doing lots of net saving ("accumulating assets"). Also - wonder if charities for welfare/health are good
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Replying to @bswud @anomalyuk
but depends a lot on what you intend by "charity"
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There was a follow-up piece that explained some of the thinking behind the taxation choices http://anomalyuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/kingdom-2037-discussion.html …
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Replying to @anomalyuk @bswud
Don't want to see paupers starving in the street. Idea of "King's charity" vs "welfare state" is reintroducing concept of "deserving poor"
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Replying to @anomalyuk
Current charities seem very bad at helping atm vs the welfare state which is reasonably consistent. Just give everyone a dividend I think
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Replying to @bswud
Charity funding is tiny compared to welfare atm, and assumes the state is doing the heavy lifting. This would be funded heavily.
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Replying to @anomalyuk @bswud
But there's a lot of work to be done in this area. The history of poor relief is astonishing.
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Go back further in history, and 3 things are entangled: 1. Poverty relief 2. Debt 3. Slavery Can't discuss any without ref to the other 2
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