From: Kevin Freels (megaquark@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 22:14:14 MDT
This reminds me of a proposal I saw once for "reverse social security" where
at age 21 everyone was given $50,000. What they did after that was their own
problem. I can't even remember where I read it now since it has been a few
years and I have slept since then.
Anyone else remember reading about that?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 6:28 PM
Subject: RE: Robotic nation
>
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
> > Brendan wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:42:23PM -0700, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> > >> Where they get the capital to invest is a different issue altogether.
> > >>
> > > No shit. So what is your suggestion?
> >
> >
> > ### Massively progressive inheritance tax is collected from dead people,
and
> > distributed evenly as a dowry at maturity, giving everybody a level
playing
> > field.
>
> Rafal, I'm quite surprised by this proposal. It would appear to require
> either (a) one "promote" that people should "die"; and/or (b) some
"fixing"
> of the legal playground such that when you enter cryonic suspension
> ones assets are taxed (or worse confiscated) in some way.
>
> The implicit result would seem to be a short term benefit mentality
> (live for today for tomorrow you may have nothing [even though
> you may have worked your entire life for it, set up well
> designed legal trusts to preserve or grow your assets, etc.
> it may all be swept away by one or more "state" signatures]).
>
> I hardly consider that framework particularly extropic.
>
> Or another way of looking at it would be how many volunteers
> do I have for cryonic suspension in such situation that when
> you are reanimated you are penniless and able to observe the
> "fat cats" living the good life on the profits from robot
> labor financed with your confiscated assets?
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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