California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 days a year in the state

Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by CitrusFruits on Saturday December 19, 2020 @12:33PM (#25479164)

I'd say taxes are less comparable to something that would justify a unit test and more comparable to UX. There's a huge human element that you're just never going to be able to fully control.

Entee is just outlining why this approach probably won't work, not saying we shouldn't adjust laws at all to serve all people. TBH, I think your comment says more about your worldview than his.

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Re:California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 da... by patcon on Sunday December 20, 2020 @10:16PM (#25491818)

Sorry, "unit tests" prob made it sounds like I think more stochastically than I actually do. Was just trying to use jargon of this place. As a longtime community organizer, the messy human stuff is def where I prefer to operate :)

> Thing is we’ve done the experiment and it doesn’t work.

My main reaction was discomfort with one observation of a legislative failure being used to advocate discarding a hypothesis * shrug *

EDIT: But thanks for reply to my lazy and poorly framed comment!

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