Originally Posted by
Kantian Pragmatist
It would counter the effects of inequality that builds up in such a system of free exchange as I have described. It wouldn't return things to their initial, absolutely equal state, but it would prevent individuals from being priced out of participation in the economy. I would think it would also be important to index the tax credit to inflation, once the credit has been established. And there are a lot of other reasons to favor this. It would let single mothers stay home with their kids, and lessen the pressure on parents to constantly work, so they could check homework, and encourage their socialization. It promotes personal freedom in that it would give the individual the option of "opting-out" of being someone else's laborer in a job they dislike. It gives them some capital they can use to form their own small business. It wouldn't require us to promote some religion or any religion at all in order to alleviate these inequality effects, preserving the freedom to believe. This is actually an idea I've been thinking about for some time, and I haven't found a downside to it yet, other than a possibility for a short-term spike in inflation. But as I said, inflation isn't necessarily a problem, unless it leaves some group of people out.