[extropy-chat] Bloodless Redistribution of Wealth (wasSingulartarians)

[gts]

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 15:00:23 -0500, The Avantguardian  
<avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The idea is similar to that of vanity license plates.
...
> The idea being that for a few billion dollars, all the
> bills or coins of a given denomination issued within a
> defined time period would feature the "winner's"
> picture on it.

Interesting idea.

> Any money raised by my idea ought to go to
> humanitarian causes.

Limiting the funds to humanitarian causes might be your only hope of  
garnering support from those who would balk at the idea of enshrining rich  
capitalists on our currency. Even then I think a large percentage of  
people would find it distasteful.

A similar but more political feasible idea might be national lotteries  
sponsored by and named after the philanthropists. A donor could for  
example agree to match funds raised from public ticket sales up to some  
predetermined amount, increasing the government's take while and also  
increasing the jackpots for the winners. The donor's photogragh could be  
on each lottery ticket.

-gts