Timeline for Taxing the superhero industry
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 17:41 | answer | added | TysonDennis | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 15:07 | comment | added | user53026 | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 15:04 | comment | added | mathreadler | @Mnemonic Maybe not right now, but if the policies you want to push through in your city are new, maybe your city will gain the attention of and start attracting other guys who are like that from other parts of the world who would love an excuse to become "chaotic good" heroes. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 14:56 | comment | added | mathreadler | @Mnemonic but super heroes on either side of the law are supposedly also a small minority already from the start..? Or maybe this is a world where superhero is just a job as any other job. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 14:21 | comment | added | mathreadler | @Mnemonic it is not at all sure. Quite some people can work more efficiently if they don't have lots of laws and regulations they need to make sure they follow. Less time they spend on bureaucracy making sure their paperwork is in order, the more time they can spend being heroic. Avoiding some cops too can't be too troublesome if they are already used to dodging supervillain level guys. | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 7:12 | comment | added | mathreadler | @Mnemonic you will be allowed to according to the law, but will you be able to? Remember your police must be pretty skilled to catch them. If they weren't skilled at what they do they would not be an issue in the first place, would they? | |
| Aug 31, 2018 at 1:15 | comment | added | mathreadler | Will they be less heroic if they operate illegally? | |
| Aug 28, 2018 at 9:05 | comment | added | Strawberry | One word: Spandex | |
| Aug 27, 2018 at 18:09 | answer | added | CaM | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 27, 2018 at 17:56 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Aug 27, 2018 at 14:11 | answer | added | Philipp | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 27, 2018 at 13:48 | answer | added | Philipp | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 27, 2018 at 2:19 | comment | added | Magic Octopus Urn | One punch man hero caste | |
| Aug 26, 2018 at 17:46 | answer | added | DigitalBlade969 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 26, 2018 at 13:36 | answer | added | vsz | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 26, 2018 at 12:46 | comment | added | user53026 | @mathreadler If they do, I'm almost certain to get re-elected. My voters will be thrilled to deal with fewer heroes. | |
| Aug 26, 2018 at 6:38 | comment | added | mathreadler | I'm not sure it's a good idea to tax superheroes too much. What if they turn to the wrong side of the law. | |
| Aug 26, 2018 at 0:15 | comment | added | Random | I have so much genre fatigue with superheroes right now, but this is great. :D It makes me think of the reverse-scenario TMNT episode where (alternate universe) Shredder conquers Earth and then goes mad trying to keep up with all the paperwork. | |
| Aug 25, 2018 at 15:13 | comment | added | John | Why tax, just make them liable for the damage they cause and prosecute them. | |
| Aug 25, 2018 at 15:11 | answer | added | Diamond in the rough | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 21:52 | comment | added | Clay Deitas | "I sincerely hope no one here ever runs for office." Not only is the funniest thing I've read today, but now I feel like a supervillain called "The Campaign Manger" who is constantly overlooked but is secretly helping/manipulating even some of the most notorious villains. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 21:37 | answer | added | Starshine | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 21:33 | answer | added | SEK1977 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 21:19 | answer | added | Solar Bear | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:33 | comment | added | user53026 | @JohnBode Thanks! I'm impressed with the creativity, and I sincerely hope no one here ever runs for office. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:32 | comment | added | John Bode | This is quite possibly my favorite question (and set of answers) on any SE site. Well done. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 20:12 | comment | added | JBH | @JohnDoe, I can actually imagine James Spader's Ultron doing that, and then wondering why he wasn't well received.... | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 19:38 | answer | added | James Kingsbery | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 19:07 | answer | added | user53931 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 19:04 | comment | added | Aganju | Call your Mayor's office. They'll have a whole list of ideas, I'm sure. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:24 | comment | added | user53026 | @JustinLardinois Vigilantes do exist, but they're very much breaking the law. There are already procedures to handle criminals. I'm only concerned with making the legal channels less viable. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:21 | comment | added | user2752467 | So all your superheroes are on city payroll? Vigilantes don't exist? | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:05 | comment | added | hszmv | @JohnDoe: The Joker is on record as being up to date with all his taxes and never misses a deadline. He may be certifiably insane, but he's not crazy enough to to mess with the IRS. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 18:02 | answer | added | Thucydides | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:57 | comment | added | John Doe | I'm assuming you've already gotten around the bizarre notion of voting (super)villains, yes? The Joker participating in the civil process? Ultron down in front of the city council arguing for more android charging stations? | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:56 | history | edited | kingledion |
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| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:54 | comment | added | JBH | @kingledion you're right, we don't have a tax/taxation tag... sonofagun... and yet it's as intrinsic to worldbuilding as anything else. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:39 | answer | added | JBH | timeline score: 43 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:38 | answer | added | nullpointer | timeline score: 15 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:04 | comment | added | kingledion | This site doesn't have enough questions about taxation, that most banal of evils. I'm gonna make a tag about that. +1 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 17:00 | answer | added | hszmv | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:48 | comment | added | user53026 | @hszmv I think you have more faith in voters than I do. I'd be more surprised if someone not evil got elected. And there's nothing to stop such a protest, but those vigilantes will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:44 | comment | added | user53026 | @Alexander Powers can't be tracked, but the criminals can sue, or otherwise make life difficult. Wouldn't want to take rights away from the accused, after all. Innocent until proven guilty and all that. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:42 | comment | added | hszmv | How does one get elected to office while clearly in the pocket of the Super-Villain Lobby? But practical questions aside, what's to stop a protest by heroes who will retire, followed by a rise of similarly powered people in new costumes that hide identity better, who refuse, claiming that they are those lovable villains with codes of honor that engage in vigilantism against the real villains? | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:40 | comment | added | Alexander | Can use of superpowers be tracked and accounted, with any degree of reliability? If "good Samaritan" restrains a criminal, can you tell if he used any superpowers, or just his muscles to do it? | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:30 | answer | added | Tam | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:28 | answer | added | Clay Deitas | timeline score: 78 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:24 | answer | added | Nuclear Hoagie | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:22 | answer | added | Ummdustry | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 16:04 | history | asked | user53026 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |