And even if the wealthy started paying more in tax than technically required (none of them do, it seems -- how civic-minded), look at firms
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The firms they tend to be huge shareholders in or founders/managers of *aggressively* lobby against paying reasonable tax liabilities.
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So the only functional mechanism you could imagine UBI deriving from (taxes) is being actively undermined by those who'd pay the most.
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Agree that the politics of getting to UBI are tough. Corps and the rich fight against it. But I think we will get there via the ballot box
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Only bright spot is the state-level. CA might do better than the national avg now that R's can't block things. But not hopeful.
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The major difference there is that the money in that case is paid *directly* to public coffers; no tax indirection.
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Put another way, LMK when FB, AAPL, and GOOG start dumping cash into the CA state coffers.
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(or start lobbying for higher state corp tax rates, particularly on overseas income)
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Sure, corps won't initiate this change. If it comes anytime soon in the US it will be from Democrats at the ballot box.
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Most Dem politicians too fearful of corp interests. They need ever-larger funding thanks to Citizens United! Bad dynamics = (
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Sure, IMO we need a constitutional amendment to block corp donations to parties, and limit contribution sizes. It'll be a long road
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In the meantime let's start calling out techies who automate away jobs for purely economic gains.
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