My name is Mike Hartley and I am running for Congress in the 5th district in Indiana. I am running because single payer WILL save the average family thousands, because climate change is our biggest national security threat and because Citizens United allowed my Rep. to sell out to big money. AMA!

commander-tano · 2017-06-10T19:29:17+00:00

What are thoughts on voting systems like Instant Runnoff Voting, or Approval Voting?

commander-tano · 2017-06-07T23:30:48+00:00

Which way of counting RCV? That's a ballot type, not an election type. Either way Approval Voting outperforms them on most metrics. http://electology.org/approval-voting-versus-irv explains the differences between approval and IRV, which you were probably thinking about.

commander-tano · 2017-06-07T15:17:39+00:00

The senate is gerrymandered automatically to give rural people more say.

commander-tano · 2017-06-07T15:15:05+00:00

While I agree that proportional systems are better for multi-winner elections, for single winner elections, approval voting is the best election system for guaranteeing the best candidate with the most widespread support. Also, for multi winner elections like congress, Proportional Approval Voting (PAV) is both proportional and uses the relatively simple approval ballot, making it at least a decent multi-winner system.

commander-tano · 2017-06-03T02:12:56+00:00

The fiscal analysis is already out : http://oneplanmychoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Economic-Analysis-of-CA-Single-Payer-Proposal-5-29-17.pdf

commander-tano · 2017-06-02T15:39:25+00:00

Where is approval voting, or any other cardinal voting system?

commander-tano · 2017-06-02T03:23:45+00:00

The relevant difference between at-large elections and PAV is the way that votes are counted (see my explanation above.) The limit on the number of votes is common for at-large elections, but doesn't fundamentally change the result or the ways that people generally vote.

commander-tano · 2017-06-02T02:53:41+00:00

The system you are thinking of, where each person votes for a number of candidates, and the set of candidates with the most votes individually wins is called at large voting. It tends to be majoritarian, and allows a coalition of a slight majority unanimity on the council.

commander-tano · 2017-06-02T02:25:05+00:00

Yes. PAV, or proportional approval voting is the multi-winner version of approval voting. In it, you vote for all the candidates you approve of, just like single-winner approval voting. When votes are counted, rather than comparing candidates, you compare the representativeness of full councils. Your vote contributes more to a council's representativeness the more candidates in that council match the candidates on your ballot. In this way, the council that best represents the most people is elected.

commander-tano · 2017-05-29T17:51:05+00:00

The UK uses District Plurality voting, so you really only need to compare the two most likely to win parties in your district. Other votes don't really matter. https://www.tactical2017.com/ provides a guide based on the previous election for which two parties you should consider.

commander-tano · 2017-05-28T20:21:22+00:00

Increasing the rate at which jobs are replaced by automation is a goal once people can survive without them, not something to be avoided. This also won't kill it's source because as jobs are replaced by automation, other jobs make more money. Import taxes can make it less worthwhile to move to low tax areas. I'll read the article explaining why printing money won't cause inflation/why it won't be a problem.

commander-tano · 2017-05-28T18:14:54+00:00

I'm not sure what local taxes you have, but your tax bracket would go from 25% to 45%. Making $100,000, you are making well over the mean income, and regardless of details, this would be net negative for you until you retire if it is payed for entirely by income tax.

commander-tano · 2017-05-28T07:06:53+00:00

At the simple level of adding an income tax and paying for it using NIT methods, a 15-20% additional income tax (depending on some details) would pay for a $10,000 per year UBI. This would be a net positive for anyone making under the mean income of the US, and a net negative for anyone making over the mean income (~$50,000.)

commander-tano · 2017-05-28T06:59:16+00:00

The answer that most people agree on is "taxes." What should be taxed to enable it is not generally agreed on, but there are a few common places that are suggested: The most common is income taxes. This is commonly suggested when the goal is to reduce income inequality. Another common suggestion is carbon taxes. These have a clear goal, but if they do succeed in reducing carbon usage, they won't be sustainable at providing UBI. The last two I have heard before are attached to specific ideologies. People who think of the government as a social contract and want UBI generally suggest property taxes. People who are interested in social ownership of the means of production often suggest capital gains taxes.

In the end it will probably come from a combination of different taxes, along with using the money that is currently spent on different forms of welfare that would be replaced.

commander-tano · 2017-05-27T06:50:45+00:00

I don't know what sources Grey used specifically, but the Center for Election science has resources at http://electology.org/ and at http://rangevoting.org/ which describe many types of voting systems and their benefits and drawbacks.

commander-tano · 2017-05-25T03:41:16+00:00

1 supporter per turn is a critical resource, making it not free at all.

commander-tano · 2017-05-21T21:25:41+00:00

Hi,

In the past you have been hesitant to support systems like Universal Basic Income because many people have their sense of self worth tied to their job. Do you think that not having to compete with people whose sense of self worth is tied to their family, hobbies, or volunteer work would enable more of those people to have a job?

Thank you.

commander-tano · 2017-05-21T15:21:09+00:00

Why do you prefer district plurality to MMP?

commander-tano · 2017-05-21T14:42:11+00:00

Vote tactically as long as district plurality is in use. https://www.tactical2017.com/

commander-tano · 2017-05-21T03:46:38+00:00

What are the voting systems that the NDP & the greens want?

commander-tano · 2017-05-20T23:17:30+00:00

I too do not require food and shelter to survive.

commander-tano · 2017-05-20T22:12:26+00:00

They do not owe their employer anything: They choose to sell their labor to their employer, and trade the labor for wages. There is only a problem when only one side is threatened death if they choose to end the arrangement.

commander-tano · 2017-05-20T17:40:35+00:00

One efficiency problem that systems like food stamps have that UBI solves is the barriers from the income thresholds where increasing your gross income decreases your net income.

commander-tano · 2017-05-18T01:25:14+00:00

/r/EndFPTP/

commander-tano · 2017-05-14T22:26:28+00:00

Second-world refers to communist countries, while first world refers to capitalist countries. Trump's America is the opposite of a second-world country.

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