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Disney got some concessions but the county still has power over reedy creek
Yeah, this reminds me more of Disney's original EPCOT concept.
The 2 things are not mutually exclusive: you can be for criticizing/scrutinizing the legitimacy of use of tax dollars (especially when the use of funds is a transfer of wealth upwards from the working man to the rich investor/executive class: see subsidizing sports stadiums and Amazon corporate headquarters) but also an advocate for higher general progressive taxation targeting redistribution in legitimate public investments that benefit the public at large (see universal healthcare, subsidized/free higher education, greater public investment in infrastructure and basic/applied scientific research for accelerating the development of sustainable energy, etc.).
Tech companies would be robbing California to pay themselves more in Nevada while doing little to help the state. The net improvement would be zero at best, but likely worse.
I think there's an interesting tension here where government is expected to outsource some responsibilities (like buying cars from auto manufacturers and waste disposal) but not others (city administration).
I see some difference between these company towns and the company towns of the past (namely, remote work makes it easier for a worker to vote with their feet) but this proposal feels anti-democratic.
At the same time, perfectly democratic (lower-case D) cities are having plenty of trouble without corporate administration so I'm unhappy with the status quo as well.
China resolves the fight between property owners and renters around building housing by simply having a totalitarian state making final calls on construction.
I think the legislators smell blood (cities aren't run particularly well in CA) and want to populate Nevada with high-income workers and don't really care if they're treated well.
My dad almost went to work for a mill in an old mill town. My grandfather threatened him and made him get a job anywhere else.
I want the Shadowrun dystopia. Then at least we get elves and magic.
These books had these company zones, but in Wyoming instead.
Eventually there was an all out war between the US forces and the company forces.
No they are part of the Prime Citizenship program, however you can opt-in at 15% off if you already were a Prime member.
As others have noted, this reminds me of Disney.
Did you know that Disney lobbied in Florida to create their own government to govern the area that is their theme park in Florida? The Reedy Creek Improvement District in Florida is a government created by the Florida legislature that is completely operated by Disney:
Reedy Creek Improvement District - Wikipedia
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From the "About" page of the Reedy Creek Improvement District's website:
Did you know that Disney lobbied in Florida to create their own government to govern the area that is their theme park in Florida? The Reedy Creek Improvement District in Florida is a government created by the Florida legislature that is completely operated by Disney:
Reedy Creek Improvement District - Wikipedia
About (rcid.org)
From the "About" page of the Reedy Creek Improvement District's website:
The fact that it is still an idea people have and think it's good to the point they want to try is terrifying though.
Celebration was deannnexed when the town was created. Disney has a minimal connection to it today.
Bay Lake, FL and Lake Buena Vista, FL are the two cities that make up Disney.
Golden Oak is a neighborhood in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
County power over RCID is limited. Disney pretty much controls both cities within.
What the actual fuck. That idea is fucking repulsive.
For some reason I expected the proposal to come from a Republican. Why am I not even surprised a certain kind of Democrat is where this is coming from? Kick this fucker and anyone else who even considers this out of the damn party. Enough.
For some reason I expected the proposal to come from a Republican. Why am I not even surprised a certain kind of Democrat is where this is coming from? Kick this fucker and anyone else who even considers this out of the damn party. Enough.
This makes me glad the Sidewalk Labs project here in Toronto fell apart.
Google had the audacity to propose to the city that they collect municipal taxes in place of the city. The city responded with "lol, fuck no."
Google had the audacity to propose to the city that they collect municipal taxes in place of the city. The city responded with "lol, fuck no."
We literally did this already, and legislated it the fuck out of existence.
Why does no one learn from history?
Why does no one learn from history?
Celebration, FL was started on land that used to be part of Walt Disney World, and the development of the town was started by Disney, but it's part of Osceola County now.
The Honduran government enacted similar laws not that long ago. I wonder how that's working out for them.
CA's NIMBYism is still deference to money and existing corporate power, just from the powerful individuals who make up those entities rather than the corporate face itself. It's really two sides of the same coin.
The fix is to get money out of politics and punish those who try to wield power that way with prison terms rather than fines/settlements.
Also, we need to return housing to its initial commodity status rather than it being an investment vehicle. Housing being an investment vehicle has wreaked havoc on American society at large.
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Man, I know we need tech jobs out here because hospitality isn't going to get us too much further, but shit, this is a horrible fucking idea.
I don't disagree this is a problem.
But even in an uncorrupt city, rich people form your tax base and can vote with their feet if they don't like how things are going.
This seems like a bigger problem than just campaign finance.
If campaign finance reform is something that is implemented nationwide and this sort of punishment is doled out nationwide for corruption, where are they going to go to? Leave the country? Go ahead. Want to renounce your citizenship or live outside the country but operate a business within it? Wealth tax of 75% of all personal wealth to do so. Get rid of the loopholes. Make them so they effectively don't have that vote.
Also, we should be equalizing public services across municipalities rather than pitting municipalities against each other in a death race to the bottom. We need to operate more like Finland where public funds are used to truly elevate all ships... cross-municipality. Property taxes should be utilized/allocated at the state level to make this happen.
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Nope.
Disney has a lot of soft control over the area, but you don't go to Disney school after paying Disney taxes in the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
They would go to a jurisdiction that taxes them less?
This is sort of why state taxes are so low in the first place. Raise them too high and you have trouble attracting and keeping businesses and building economic centers.
Doesn't actually have that much to to with campaign contributions.
If we think of campaign contributions as an intervention on the equilibrium tax rate, the equilibrium tax rate without intervention still has pressure downward because capital is mobile.
I already said to criminalize leaving without paying. Let's see how many leave when 75 percent of all of their wealth is seized. The only people who actually have the means to get up and leave would be the disproportionally wealthy to begin with, which is a tiny fraction of the population at large. You can temper this by having a wealth floor at which the 75 percent wealth tax starts to apply (e.g., it doesn't kick in until you have more than $500k in total immediate familial assets and only for the amount exceeding that $500k).
Restrict the mobility of capital. Make it so that it cannot flee/escape. Much of the modern concept of the mobility of capital is attributable to neoliberal philosophy. Neoliberalism is a blight on the world.
Neoliberalism's core tenet is essentially avoiding/escaping the dictates of the domestic sovereignty (e.g., environmental and labor laws). Destroy neoliberalism. Make it so there is no escape for this power/wealth.
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As someone who grew up in wv and who has met generations that remember miners scripts, has a wife who grew up in the remains of a miners house, and who has met elderly folk whose childhoods involved The Battle of Blair mountain I can tell you that companies forming governments and ruling over their workers is BAD. Its why we have unions.
Seriously...this shits fucked up.
Seriously...this shits fucked up.
