I don't know if you read the YT comments, but I wrote something about this reverse income tax thing a couple of months ago when it was in the news on your YT. Suffice to say: reverse income tax is a really, really, really, really bad idea. It combines the worst aspects of income tax, inefficiency and inaccuracy, with the worst aspects of universal income. Key points:
- One of the main points of UI is that it eliminates the overhead cost. This is vital in our alliance with the libertarian right, although I don't really care. The cost of calculating benefits/taxes is much more than just giving everyone UI, reverse income will not have this benefit, in fact it will VASTLY INCREASE THE COSTS.
- One of the problems with IT is that's inaccurate and prone to abuse/misallocation. RIT will make this worse; and God help us when the republicans come to point out the flaws, because we just gave them an arsenal of ammunition.
So like: TL;DR: reverse income tax solves nothing, and creates many more problems than either system. I'm no fan of regular income taxes, but reverse income tax is even worse.
Most surgeries qualify as elective. Basically it means non-critical surgeries. I don't want to go too deep into this, but I'm pretty sure that all medical procedures are good economically. They give medicine funding, experience, and cause for scientific research. Consider this: money spent on a boob job isn't a frivilous investment, because that same surgeon just got XP that is directly transferable onto his patients who need reconstructive surgery, or transgendered folk. So boobjobs are pro boner. So to speak.
Taxing people as corporations is an interesting idea and I do think it has potential, but you should bear in mind that this is no simple matter. Most 'Income' a corporation owner gets isn't income. THere are corporate billionaires who make 1$, and acquire all their purchases through the corporation, which of course doubles their dollar... As Tom Chilton of 'The Wealthy Barber' says: a dollar saved is two dollars earned... tax deductible dollars saved are four dollars earned thusly.
I didn't go too far in depth there, but I'm pretty sure Dave's a corporate owner and knowlegeable about how this works.