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Jesse Powell
@jespow
If your government were going to offer a VIP program for high-earning taxpayers to keep you loyal and local, what would be in it? Examples: * no tolls * no parking fines * no DMV waiting * cool stickers * lunch with the prez/govnr/mayor * invitation to annual Tax Ballers Gala
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
Govts could just sell these services outright and they'd pay for themselves. Don't want to wait at the DMV? No problem, that'll be $1000 extra per visit. Don't want to deal with the hassles of parking limitations/meters? No problem, that'll be $5,000/mo.
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Hector
@hectorr159
Seems like allowing the wealthy to skip the line at the DMV might be the quickest way to bring back the guillotine back into fashion.
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Tomislav Dugandzic
@todu77
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@jespow
Can't the rich already "skip the DMV line" by sending one of their personal assistants instead of going to the DMV themselves? It seems that the "skipping lines" perk is already active for the rich no matter how much taxes they pay or not.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
I've heard about this kind of thing for movie stars but you can't send your assistant to take a new photo for you, or take the driving test for you. There are several services that will send people to wait in line for you for just about anything though.
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Hector
@hectorr159
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@jespow
It’s a question of scale. In a local community it could work, somewhere that the haves and have nots are part of the same social fabric and generally trust each other.
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Steve Myers
@notmandatory
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@jespow
The difference is Disneyland is voluntary, no jail time if you don't participate. How about privatizing the roads and letting auto insurance companies replace DMV. Not as fun for the super rich but far less authoritarian for the rest of us.