chiefdesigner.bsky.social
Avid reader, nature lover. Studying at Virginia Tech
Failing to not be a philosopher.
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Keep the pressure on them! Proud to have voted for you last year!
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I'm curious how the automakers are doing, heard they may have to completely halt production
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We were warned the curious in 1945.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAq...
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Everyone should see this
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Would love to see more coverage of what is and can be done to fight back against this bs. Give us actionable advice to stop the madness!
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I’ve been asking myself the same question over and over, what can we do??
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How did leading the free world fall apart so fast?
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Fun sidebar: I wonder if an economy where individuals aren’t ever directly taxed is possible? Make the old saying about death and taxes at least partially obsolete.
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Similarly I feel there are some bad taxes: flat sales tax doesn’t make sense (and if you have to PLEASE use VAT), pure property tax is unfair, etc.
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All of this encourages an effective, safe, and even efficient economy. It shifts the cost burden to those who produce it.
It makes the morally right choice and the business right choice the same choice.
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Not arguing we discourage private ownership, but taxing based. Effectively pay a rent to society for using some of their land.
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There are many taxes already proposed or implemented along these lines: carbon tax, tobacco tax, etc.
I also think land value tax fits a similar mold. If you take the perspective that the world is the common heritage of mankind, then private use of land detracts value from society’s “portfolio.”
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Economics 101 concept: negative externalities are the cost to society or a third party of a party’s actions. It’s borne by everyone, not just who caused it.
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Should taxation be about negative externalities? What if we made taxes about accounting the true cost of companies’ actions rather than “raising revenue?”
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Crazy how just... lost the dems seem to be on responding to any of this
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Joined bluesky because of this video! The restaurant analogy is so perfect, it is EXACTLY what the internet today feels like