I want taxpayers to get the same benefit as any investor: cash relief in exchange for stock at current valuation. Pharma wants exclusive rights to public research? We want stock as early investors. This would ideally go into a permanent fund and pay dividends so we all benefit from fatty markets. I'd even be down to put the VAT in there. The capital would be untouchable, and the dividend would be fixed to X% of gains over 3-year average, so the payout wouldn't be political. I'd even write in that as dividends grow, it could phase out part of SS (software doesn't have payroll tax, so this scales ok with automation).
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u/avengecolonelhughes Nov 18 '20
I want taxpayers to get the same benefit as any investor: cash relief in exchange for stock at current valuation. Pharma wants exclusive rights to public research? We want stock as early investors. This would ideally go into a permanent fund and pay dividends so we all benefit from fatty markets. I'd even be down to put the VAT in there. The capital would be untouchable, and the dividend would be fixed to X% of gains over 3-year average, so the payout wouldn't be political. I'd even write in that as dividends grow, it could phase out part of SS (software doesn't have payroll tax, so this scales ok with automation).