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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 6 Nov 2019
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    Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Teddy Schleifer

    Apropos of nothing: I bet you could increase tax collection by changing absolutely nothing except having the IRS publish a league table. Possibly even an opt-in one. You wouldn’t even have to call it “lifetime cumulative net tax paid” you could just call it “score.”https://twitter.com/teddyschleifer/status/1192188119417704448 …

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    Teddy SchleiferVerified account @teddyschleifer
    Bill Gates on a wealth tax: "I've paid over $10 billion in taxes. I've paid more than anyone in taxes. If I had to pay $20 billion, it's fine." "But when you say I should pay $100 billion, then I'm starting to do a little math over what I have left over."
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      2. Amy "Social Distancing" Hoy‏ @amyhoy 6 Nov 2019
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        Replying to @patio11

        you’re an evil genius

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 6 Nov 2019
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        Replying to @amyhoy

        I prefer to see this as a win/win for everyone’s preferences.

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      2. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 6 Nov 2019
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        I suspect that would work in the USA, but not in Canada. On my side of the border, far too many people -- prominent politicians included -- accuse anyone with high income of exploiting workers and cheating on their taxes. People don't want to be tarred with that brush.

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      3. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 6 Nov 2019
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        I think a far more useful approach in Canada would be if Notices of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency included the words "thank you" and some indication of what your $X of income taxes paid for. Making people feel appreciated makes a big difference.

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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Nov 2019
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        That is such a great idea. Leaderboards are magic.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Nov 2019
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        It just occurred to me that you don't need to wait for the government to do this. A nonprofit could do it now. The big accounting and tax prep firms could authenticate the numbers on behalf of their clients.

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      2. Harry Heymann‏ @harryh 6 Nov 2019
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        You sure people wouldn't treat it like a golf score?

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      3. Tony Cassara‏ @tonycassara2 6 Nov 2019
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        I think that’s exactly the point. Malcolm Gladwell discuses how executives keep track of their golf scores online, publicly, where anyone can track how much time they waste on golf instead of working. This would be the same effect—a dick measuring contest.

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      2. Thijs Niks‏ @ThijsNiks 6 Nov 2019
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        https://qz.com/784186/in-norway-you-can-browse-everyones-tax-returns-but-theres-a-good-reason-you-might-not-want-to/ …

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      3. William Saar‏ @saarw 7 Nov 2019
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        In Sweden you can still check tax figures anonymously, they're even published in a physical book you can read at the library. Some people take pride in newspapers listing them as highest taxpayers, but both IKEA and Spotify founders did foreign-entity tax avoidance schemes.

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