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"Think of it this way. Right now, we’re all trapped in a room we can’t
escape and the water is rising. We have no idea who will drown and can
only guess. It therefore only makes sense to make sure everyone gets a
life vest. Who cares if a good swimmer gets one they don’t need as a
result of making sure no one drowns? If it’s possible to save people
from drowning who otherwise would, that should be our top priority.
Additionally, once the danger has passed, there’s nothing preventing us
from asking a good swimmer for their life vest back. We already have a
system in place to do that. Next year come tax time, just tax them more.
That’s a means-test on the back end that takes no additional time or
resources because everyone already pays taxes every year anyway.
Have you heard the phrase, “Kill ‘em all and let God sort ‘em out?” Well
this is kind of the opposite approach with the goal of saving both lives
and time. “Pay ‘em all and let taxes sort ‘em out.”"
Via Muse.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
