Re:Sam Altman and Andrew Yang talk UBI
by yonaguska on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @11:21AM
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I really appreciate those points.
> So in reality, implementing proper VAT system requires powerful government, and also VAT does not survive lobbyism and cronyism.
This kind of kills the VAT being feasible here in the US. We have crazy amounts of lobbying and legal loopholes and while the US gvt is powerful, that's somewhat antithetical to the founding ideals of that.
> So in reality, implementing proper VAT system requires powerful government, and also VAT does not survive lobbyism and cronyism.
This kind of kills the VAT being feasible here in the US. We have crazy amounts of lobbying and legal loopholes and while the US gvt is powerful, that's somewhat antithetical to the founding ideals of that.