In a fascinating mix of tax policy, economics, and could-only-happen-in-Japan, Japan has this system called Furosatou Nouzei ("Paying tax to your hometown") which is beautiful and bonkers at the same time: https://www.furusato-tax.jp/about.html
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"For [a donation of approximately $100], we will send someone out to a loved one's grave site within city limits, clean their grave, make an appropriate offering, and send you a photo." I expect opinions will be divided on this but I appreciate the person who thought of that.
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Now I’m checking https://www.furusato-tax.jp and I want to pay some taxes
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Enjoy it while it lasts. :-) I have it on good authority that the gov realizes that the incentives got away from them.
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Honestly, I'm not convinced they are opposed to it. As far as targeted keynesian push to local consumption, it works pretty well…
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If anyone's interested, here's a quasi-official English language website: https://en.furumaru.jp/
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this shit cray
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This is a terrific version of a genre I call, “Terrible Great Ideas.” The defining TGI for me is rubbish. Rubbish in the sense of “Here’s a great idea, let’s charge people by how much rubbish they put out each week.” 1/
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The idea sounds great. If you charge for rubbish by weight, you create an economic incentive for people to reduce the amount of rubbish they generate. The market works! But as with every TGI, it falls afoul of “and then what?” 2/
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