I love how this piece https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/the-democrats-immigration-mistake/528678/ … briefly toys with the idea of taxing immigrants to compensate natives before moving on
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Replying to @anomalyuk
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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Replying to @bswud
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
Reasonable justifications but I am not persuaded by your argument for considering admin over economic costs
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Replying to @bswud
It's about the incentives it creates within the system. When you spend on a bureaucracy, you're funding your future enemies.
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This is the tax-raising thread - prefer tax which is cheaper to collect than one which has less economic impact.
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