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  • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    3 days ago

    100% tax rate for earnings over $1 billion.

    No bonuses for CEO’s engaged in mass layoffs in the same fiscal year, defined as firings of more than 50 employees .

    No employee can earn more than 5 times the average salary at a given company.

    No more corporate tax, but company sales in a country are taxed as the percentage of global sales. Tax breaks on offer for investment, I.e. Building a factory and bringing jobs. No more ‘unprofitable’ regional businesses.

  • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    I’m for a hypocrisy multiplier on criminal punishment. If you are found guilty of a crime that you publicly denounced before punishment is doubled.

    All public servants must publicly denounce most common crimes before taking office.

  • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    Serious: UBI and universal healthcare, also abolish medical debt.

    Fun: Everyone has to register a favorite dinosaur and snack. That way if you’re in a bad way you can get stickers/stuffies/etc. and food that will help you feel better.

  • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    Is there a downside for “all software open source”?

    Saying “all doors unlocked” allows bad guys to get into houses/cars/bathrooms. Is there a downside for open source software?

    Otherwise, I like that rule

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Is there a downside for “all software open source”?

      Taking Lemmy as an example, if someone writes software for bot detection, CSAM detection, or other similar tools, there could be a downside to making those open source. It could be equivalent to handing malicious actors a guide to circumventing those tools.

  • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    All assets will be taxed as follows:

    • 0% for those whose total assets are between half and twice the median (calculated from the entire adult population, adult meaning those who are eligible to vote)

    • for those whose total assets are above twice the median, the formula would be as follows:

      rate = 100% * 50% ^ floor(log₂(total assets / median assets))

      Thus, for those who has 16 times the calculated median asset, they will be taxed 93.75% the value of their assets.

      This is different from the tax bracket calculations, but it can be modified so that it will be calculated similarly (that is, the portion of the assets that exceed 16 times the median will be taxed 93.75%, those between 8 and 16 will be taxed 87.5%, between 4 and 8 will be taxed 75%, between 2 and 4 taxed 50%, and between the median and twice it are tax-free. It will be a more complicated calculation, and IDK if it is an improvement over the more simple formula.

    • those who have less than half the median, the formula will be as follows:

      rebate = max(total assets * abs(ceiling(log₂(total assets / median assets))), k)

      where k is a defined maximum rebate value

      Thus, for those who has 1/16 the calculated median asset, they will have a rebate of 16 times the value of their assets, unless it’s greater than the maximum rebate value. Those who have absolutely no assets to their name will have the maximum rebate value (since a 0 will break a more naive formula).

    Assets can then be defined for this calculation such that it covers any means of earning money (stock, land, equipment, etc), but I am not a tax lawyer to bullet-proof this. The intent is that those who have less will receive such that they are lifted up, and those who have too much will be levied accordingly. The end result, hopefully, will be a society where most people have some assets, but no one will have way more than twice, or way less than half the median (an average value that is more or less resistant to extreme values).

    Will it be practical? I sure hope so. Will it be realistic, hell no!

      • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Well, I wanted a more “bracketed” approach (hence, the note about making it similar to how I think income taxes work), but I suppose a continuous function could also work better as a simple formula. I’d still keep the difference between “assets below” and “assets above” median difference though.

  • Zier@fedia.io
    61·
    3 days ago

    Fun law: Free pizza on the 18th of every month (18" pizza)! Real law: Outlaw all religions.

  • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    The compulsory serving of asparagus at breakfast, free corsets for the under-fives, and the abolition of slavery.

    • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      It seems, sadly, that Blackadder is too niche, but I appreciated the reference. Can you at least tell me what a robber button is?

    • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      Now, you see, many moderate people would respect your stand on asparagus,  but what about this extremist nonsense about abolishing slavery?

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    That businesses should respect peoples’ sleep needs in the same way a minimum age and mandatory lunch breaks exist. Chernobyl happened because the plant was requiring people to trade some of their sleep hours for work hours.