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It raises an interesting question; if it were feasible to implent without massive privacy concerns, would you support income-proportional fee structure for government services? I’m imagining below a certain cutoff income-bracket, everything would be free.
Caltrain and Metrolink (California, USA regional trains) have the right idea. Low income Americans by and large carry EBT cards. They give a 50% discount on tickets when scanned. Of course this could be technologically easily made free but it’s a start and the remaining challeges are financial and political.
It raises an interesting question; if it were feasible to implent without massive privacy concerns, would you support income-proportional fee structure for government services? I’m imagining below a certain cutoff income-bracket, everything would be free.
This is income tax.
Caltrain and Metrolink (California, USA regional trains) have the right idea. Low income Americans by and large carry EBT cards. They give a 50% discount on tickets when scanned. Of course this could be technologically easily made free but it’s a start and the remaining challeges are financial and political.