HeliDropCash and Happiness
Andre Willers
27 Aug 2014
“If I were a rich man…”
Fiddler on the Roof .
Synopsis:
How rich must a society be to give every citizen a full life
? For USA an annual income per person of $30 766 will do it . So it can be
done .
Discussion :
0.Dish out cash to the consumer directly .
1.We use Optimal Reserves (1/3) as developed in Infinite
Probes and Maslow Hierarchies to determine reserves .
This is compared to some actual figures for the US (see
Appendix B)
See Appendix A and Appendix B
2.There is always a surplus of about 13% !
This means that there is continual upward pressure to move
up classes .
The surplus pops up as charity , benevolence , subsidies ,
etc .
3. A fraction of society can choose to forebear further
development and use the saved resources for upliftment of less fortunate .
There is no optimal for this .
Use method in Appendix A to determine ad hoc ratios .
4. From the US data , the system seems under some stress .
The various higher classes are not fully populated . .
The poverty level is $11 670pa .
From Appendix A , the Ratio = (1-0.13)/(0.33)
=
2.6363
US$11 670 pa translates into $30 766 for full
realization of Maslow Hierarchies .
USA GDP per capita (2014) = $52 804.66
Taxes :
Total tax percentage
potentially paid by the well above average US citizen, 2005 - 53.2% *
Total tax percentage
potentially paid by the well above average US citizen, 2013 est. - 58.5% *
The US can fully afford HeliDropCash if their existing
resources are sensibly applied .
5.Globally :
$1.25 per day . Ratio up by 2.6363 gives $3.2953 per
day , or $1202.81 per annum .
For 7 Billion people this gives about $8.419 Trillion .
World GDP 2013 about $74.899 trillion .
About 11% of Global GDP can buy happiness for everybody .
6. The Future :
Most societies are already rich enough to enable happy lives
for all their citizens .
Yet huge discrepancies lead to enormous pressures building up
.
Revolutions are becoming a dime a dozen .
Crank up that old phonograph and dance the RPM’s away .
Don’t spend a penny . Spend 2.6363 pennies !
Happiness version 2.6363
Andre
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Appendix A
Calculation of expected Class spread as per Maslow hierarchy
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Estimate of Reserves needed for a Society to give everything
free to any member .
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We use Infinite Probes and Maslow Hierarchy to get an estimate .
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Maslow
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Description
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Cost of
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Cumulative
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Remainder
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Class USA
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Actual %
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+ Adj =
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Cost of
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Interpretation
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Level
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Reserve
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Cost
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2004
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Reserve
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100
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Lower only gets 85% of optimal reserves ~(2-(51-13)/33)
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0
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Body
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33
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33
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67
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Lower
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25
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8
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33
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34-8=26 swells Lower to 25+26=51
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1
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Safety
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22
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56
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44
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Working
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30
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-8
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22
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26+8=34 drop to Lower
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2
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Social
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15
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70
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30
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Middle
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30
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-15
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15
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11+15 =26 drop to Working
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3
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Esteem
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10
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80
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20
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Rich
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15
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-5
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10
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6+5=11 drop to middle
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4
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Self-Actualization
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7
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87
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13
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SuperRich
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1
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6
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7
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6 drop to Rich : exclusion
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This last is
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a Surplus
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See Interpretation
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Formulae:
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Cost of Reserve
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2^m/(3^(m+1) )
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Sum of Costs
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( 3^(m+1) - 2^(m+1) ) /
(3^(m+1) )
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Sum to infinity = 1
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Remainder
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(2/3)^m
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where m=Maslow level as above .
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The 1/3 factor is from the argument in Infinite Probes on
optimal reserves .
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Appendix B
The following are reported income-, education-, and
occupation-based terms for specific classes commonly used by sociologists.
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Academic Class Models
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Dennis Gilbert,
2002
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William Thompson & Joseph Hickey, 2005
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Leonard
Beeghley, 2004
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Class
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Typical characteristics
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Class
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Typical characteristics
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Class
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Typical characteristics
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Capitalist class (1%)
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Top-level executives, high-rung politicians, heirs. Ivy League
education common.
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Upper class (1%)
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Top-level executives, celebrities, heirs; income of $500,000+
common. Ivy league education common.
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The super-rich (0.9%)
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Multi-millionaires whose incomes commonly exceed $350,000;
includes celebrities and powerful executives/politicians. Ivy League
education common.
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Highly-educated (often with graduate degrees), most commonly
salaried, professionals and middle management with large work autonomy.
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Highly-educated (often with graduate degrees) professionals
& managers with household incomes varying from the high 5-figure range to
commonly above $100,000.
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The Rich (5%)
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Households with net worth of $1 million or more; largely in the
form of home equity. Generally have college degrees.
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Middle class (plurality/
majority?; ca. 46%) |
College-educated workers with considerably higher-than-average
incomes and compensation; a man making $57,000 and a woman making $40,000 may
be typical.
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Lower middle class (30%)
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Semi-professionals and craftsmen with a roughly average standard
of living. Most have some college education and are white-collar.
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Lower middle class (32%)
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Semi-professionals and craftsmen with some work autonomy;
household incomes commonly range from $35,000 to $75,000. Typically, some
college education.
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Working class (30%)
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Clerical and most blue-collar workers whose work is highly
routinized. Standard of living varies depending on number of income earners,
but is commonly just adequate. High school education.
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Working class (32%)
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Clerical, pink- and blue-collar workers with often low job
security; common household incomes range from $16,000 to $30,000. High school
education.
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Working class
(ca. 40–45%) |
Blue-collar workers and those whose jobs are highly routinized
with low economic security; a man making $40,000 and a woman making $26,000
may be typical. High school education.
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Working poor (13%)
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Service, low-rung clerical and some blue-collar workers. High
economic insecurity and risk of poverty. Some high school education.
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Lower class (ca. 14–20%)
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Those who occupy poorly-paid positions or rely on government
transfers. Some high school education.
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Underclass (12%)
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Those with limited or no participation in the labor force.
Reliant on government transfers. Some high school education.
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The poor (ca. 12%)
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Those living below the poverty line with limited to no
participation in the labor force; a household income of $18,000 may be
typical. Some high school education.
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References: Gilbert,
D. (2002) The American Class Structure: In An Age of Growing Inequality.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth; Thompson, W. & Hickey, J. (2005). Society
in Focus. Boston, MA: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon; Beeghley, L. (2004). The
Structure of Social Stratification in the United States. Boston, MA:
Pearson, Allyn & Bacon.
1 The
upper middle class may also be referred to as "Professional class"
Ehrenreich, B. (1989). The Inner Life of the Middle Class. NY,
NY: Harper-Colins.
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