Valuing Productivity, Not Profession, Could Reduce U.S. Inequality
My feeling has always been that no matter how you decide to allocate resources, some people are going to be &#x27;better&#x27; at winning the game we design than others; maybe they have some skill that is highly valued in the system we set up, or they are lucky, or have connections, or have a higher drive succeed, or whatever else might factor into success.<p>Instead of trying to figure out those factors and mitigate them so everyone has an equal chance, why don&#x27;t we just say fuck it, and tax the winners more heavily? We don&#x27;t know why you were able to win in the system so well, but since you did, you get to contribute a lot more to helping the people who don&#x27;t succeed in the system. Give a universal basic income, tax the winners to fund it, and call it a day.