I propose the following solution: give people a real "no" vote. Give them the ability to anonymously "steal" from companies they don't like.I think this idea is worth discussing. Allowing people to penalize companies (AND other people! remember that a corporation has all the rights of a natural person), for what they consider to be their bad deeds, would probably lead to a mixture of (A) better behavior, (B) increased effort on improving the company's public image, and (C) increased effort on silencing critics and hiding truth.
While A (improvement) is certainly desirable, and B (more PR) might be tolerable, the C effect is certainly destructive. Which one of these effects would prevail would have to be observed through an experiment.
How about the following rules:No. You know I'm against the income tax, so this won't fly with me. Let it be a fixed amount per person. And let the penalty money be destroyed (given back to the central bank for reissue), NOT transferred. The penalty must be motivated by a pure punishment motive, not in any direct or indirect way as financial gain, otherwise abuse will be rampant.
- the total amount of money a person can "steal" from corporations is limited by a fraction of his personal tax liabilities
- tax liabilities of a corporation are (1 - k * ci / (ci + ts)) where k is an empirically determined constant, ci is corporate income, ts is total amount "stolen" from corporationWith no income tax, the penalties would have no tax-related impact.
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