Re:Governments Should Compete for Residents, Not Businesses
by necovek on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:12PM
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> ...governments are too biased towards people already living in their jurisdiction...
That's a direct result of democratic government: people choose those who promise to work in their best interest.
If you dislike this, who would you vote for? Someone who'd look to "expel" you from your local community?
> ...making above the median income...
Ok, so instead of having diversity, you believe it's best if there is no intermingling of classes?
But then, why stop at above/below median? Why would the top 1% want you in their area? Or the top 5% in theirs? Or...
And why have the buck stop at income? I am sure an area would be proud to be home to an adult population that's 95% PhDs. And then they can split up between tenured professors or not.
Not to mention disallowing people from having a long term home as their circumstances bearably change.
That's a direct result of democratic government: people choose those who promise to work in their best interest.
If you dislike this, who would you vote for? Someone who'd look to "expel" you from your local community?
> ...making above the median income...
Ok, so instead of having diversity, you believe it's best if there is no intermingling of classes?
But then, why stop at above/below median? Why would the top 1% want you in their area? Or the top 5% in theirs? Or...
And why have the buck stop at income? I am sure an area would be proud to be home to an adult population that's 95% PhDs. And then they can split up between tenured professors or not.
Not to mention disallowing people from having a long term home as their circumstances bearably change.
This is so fundamentally not thought through.