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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by anamax on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @06:24PM (#195398)
Under the "who should pay for govt?" question is another question - is it good for a large fraction of the population to have essentially no role in paying for govt?

Suppose that we could get all of the tax revenue from 1000 people, should we? How about 1%?

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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by nazgulnarsil on Tuesday May 20, 2008 @10:26PM (#195598)
people who don't pay taxes shouldn't vote. this would actually be an interesting opt out clause to experiment with. you can forgo taxes if you give up suffrage.
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Re:You Can't Soak the Rich by nazgulnarsil on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @01:06AM (#195720)
it would be self balancing in a supply demand curve too. the more people that opted out the more power the remaining votes would have until equilibrium was reached between money and votes.
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