Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017)

Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by anoncake on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:38AM (#27561418)

Sounds good at first, but it's actually deeply anti-democratic: You're giving people more influence on the state depending on their income and wealth. That's like wealth-based suffrage.

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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by daenz on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:45AM (#27561492)

Makes sense. The percentage that you have to freely allocate could be a function of the amount being allocated. For example, someone with $1M income has only 20% of their taxes for free allocation, while someone with $50k income can freely allocate 100%.

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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by chii on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:17AM (#27567318)

So in other words, it's OK if the rich get less representation, because they're rich? But it's not OK if the poor gets less representation - because of political correctness?

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Re:Declining trust in government is denting democracy (2017) by anoncake on Sunday June 20, 2021 @01:26AM (#27567361)

Unless taxes are regressive, the rich still get more representation in that example.

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