Safety Net
Safety Net
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Well, its a thought. There are a lot of variables to capitalism. Just thinking of ways to improve the system if there are people who are dead set on keeping it forever. Maybe it should lose value. If, say it was a 50 year expiration date, the exchange that generated the value has long since past.
You could also implement a buy back where the government gives you a flat rate on expired currency or a tax write off but you have to meet a minimum threshold.
To me its important to recognize that money is what we say it is. We can do whatever we like with it.
The biggest problem would be the immediate devaluing of the dollar, countries participating in our economy would attempt to purchase other currencies. So in that light it would be infeasible but maybe there are ways to transition.
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Again, at 2% yearly inflation, the money would have only 37% of its original value after 50 years. And inflation tends to get higher.
People who "hoard money" usually invest it into something.
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If you think thats fine, thats ok. We arent changing anything here today and most likely ever. So if you wont engage because you think your going to teach me something today, jokes on you.
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What are you talking about? What do I think is fine? And how am I not engaging?
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Will you hear me out?
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Sure. But please, if preventing hording cash is not what you want to achieve, please explain what issue you are trying to solve. And if it is, why do you believe people do hoard cash despite inflation? I think that is what I don't understand.
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The problem Im trying to solve is removing people from the economy who have an unfair advantage. Luck dictates class, lifestyle, and positions of power. It makes sense to me that if we want more efficient and balanced society we need to remove the people with entrenched power who dont deserve it. People who have gambled their way to the top.
If someone before you did something great, sure maybe you should be able to live off that wealth as some sort of gratitude to your elder. If decendents are allowed an advantage, that advantage should have an expiration date and maybe that will motivate them to be better.
Thats my outlook.
This mechanism is one I considered to address this, in a way. A more direct way may blend into socialism or communism but I believe in meritocracy and capitalism to some extent. So maybe this comprise would actually accomplish more of what Id like to see done and its hyper capitalistic.
As far as the question, "what about what we have now" I've spoke about that elsewhere. Essentially we all accept people invest their wealth and are generally not all liquid.
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Your goal is reasonable, I don't really disagree. The issue is as mentioned, that these people don't keep their money as cash, so cash expiring would not take their wealth away, just like inflation doesn't right now.
We would probably need inheritance tax or something like that.
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