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So I was thinking of the following thing.
A minimal tax when you go to vote. Normally I would be against this idea but today it it hit, what it is needed to be done to make it a viable option.
What is the minimal amount of money one person would be interested in paying in order to participate to something important? The act of paying for things in general drives people to be more aware of what they are paying for. It's psychological really. Now of course, for people who have a lot of money this isn't a problem, but the vast majority of the people in any given country don't have a lot of money and don't spend money idly.
So a minimal tax. Say, 10eurocents. Or 1euro. The sum is not important, the psychological effect is. By demanding that people pay a small fee before going in the voting booth you increase the chance of those people tuning into the news and being informed about the product they are "buying" before they buy it , i.e., the vote. Even more so since you only get to 'buy' 1 vote. No more.
But still, if we leave it at this, it's a bad idea and I would be against it. The way that I wouldn't be against it is if it were tax deductible 100%. So next month, after you paid (say...) 1 euro for your vote, you pay X sum taxes - 1euro. So you don't lose money. You just create the psychological effect that makes people pay more attention on what they do with the vote.
It's an overall win situation. What do you guys think?
A minimal tax when you go to vote. Normally I would be against this idea but today it it hit, what it is needed to be done to make it a viable option.
What is the minimal amount of money one person would be interested in paying in order to participate to something important? The act of paying for things in general drives people to be more aware of what they are paying for. It's psychological really. Now of course, for people who have a lot of money this isn't a problem, but the vast majority of the people in any given country don't have a lot of money and don't spend money idly.
So a minimal tax. Say, 10eurocents. Or 1euro. The sum is not important, the psychological effect is. By demanding that people pay a small fee before going in the voting booth you increase the chance of those people tuning into the news and being informed about the product they are "buying" before they buy it , i.e., the vote. Even more so since you only get to 'buy' 1 vote. No more.
But still, if we leave it at this, it's a bad idea and I would be against it. The way that I wouldn't be against it is if it were tax deductible 100%. So next month, after you paid (say...) 1 euro for your vote, you pay X sum taxes - 1euro. So you don't lose money. You just create the psychological effect that makes people pay more attention on what they do with the vote.
It's an overall win situation. What do you guys think?