• _stranger_@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago
    1. Tax them enough that they don’t have the cash to just up and build their own personal-use nuclear powered, nation spanning infrastructure.

    2. Use those taxes to build a nation spanning nuclear infrastructure that everyone can use.

    • Jojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      16 days ago

      I’ve got so many ads so far for how adding new taxes is bad even if it pays for good things, and all of the issues they are arguing about aren’t even adding any taxes. Actually adding taxes seems like a great way to make political enemies, even though it’s often the best tool there is for a thing.

    • JamesTBagg@lemmy.world
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      Eh, I would say investment into R&D should be encouraged and maybe allow tax write offs. Even of the end goal is a private power source. Once that R&D turns into workable, operable, sellable products, then tax the fuck out of them. Perhaps disallow making things that can be a boon to public infrastructure from being deem proprietary, so that it can be more easily adapted to public use.
      I dunno, I’m typing from my couch after a few beers.