A world of free movement would be $78T richer

Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer by dsfyu404ed on Saturday June 23, 2018 @08:18PM (#17384202)

I love this idea. I think it should be applied to all jurisdictions in the US. If I move to another town or state my vote should count as 1/X increasing by 1/X per year until it's 1/1. I shouldn't have the opportunity to vote at a full 1/1 until I've assimilated to that locale. If I'm moving somewhere I presumably like the status quo there so much that I shouldn't have much need to change things.

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Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer by briandear on Saturday June 23, 2018 @09:26PM (#17384454)

Assuming my taxes are applied at an equal percentage. I pay thousands to the state of California and I just moved here. I have a right to my vote if the state has a right to my tax dollars.

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Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer by int_19h on Sunday June 24, 2018 @02:04AM (#17385190)

All the H1-Bs working in California also pay thousands to it. They also pay taxes for federal social programs (social security etc) that they aren't even eligible for. Do they have a right to vote?

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Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer by hueving on Saturday June 23, 2018 @09:53PM (#17384525)

And because of prop 13, new homeowners pay obscenely more in taxes than long-term residents.

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Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer by macintux on Saturday June 23, 2018 @08:21PM (#17384216)

Having someone count as less than a full citizen for electoral purposes has some disturbing historical connotations. I think it’d be difficult to get past that.

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Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer by dsfyu404ed on Saturday June 23, 2018 @08:28PM (#17384257)

Yeah, we probably sholdn't use X=5.

I think tying it to time should work out ok though since the value would increase over time by doing nothing. Everyone wants newcomers to have less say. At the federal level your vote would always be 1/1. As far as historical connotations go, that's for representation in congress, those people couldn't vote.

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Re:A world of free movement would be $78T richer by remarkEon on Saturday June 23, 2018 @08:35PM (#17384286)

Fractional voting seems like an unnecessarily complicated solution. Leaving it binary looks to me like a better option.

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