Government attempts to change behavior by introducing incentive measures are only legitimate if they change how you interact with the system in a positive or necessary way, not if they complicate it, and adding fees is always an intrusion, not a by-default-legitimate government measure, particularly when it's to fund things that were already funded initially but they've illegitimately, and probably illegally, taken that money for other purposes.
I'm speaking in particular of NY trying to add a $3 delivery fee to fund public transportation. The idea is double-billing at first glance, harms the poor upon further reflection, and the government has neither the ability or the right to make such a change legitimately.
the evil nudge
Re: the evil nudge
Upon what and where does this charge fall?Advocate wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:23 pm Government attempts to change behavior by introducing incentive measures are only legitimate if they change how you interact with the system in a positive or necessary way, not if they complicate it, and adding fees is always an intrusion, not a by-default-legitimate government measure, particularly when it's to fund things that were already funded initially but they've illegitimately, and probably illegally, taken that money for other purposes.
I'm speaking in particular of NY trying to add a $3 delivery fee to fund public transportation. The idea is double-billing at first glance, harms the poor upon further reflection, and the government has neither the ability or the right to make such a change legitimately.