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[hunter]

49. Nobody should be wealthy enough to buy the political process.

Taxes on income and wealth at say twenty times the minimum comfortable living income should be very high, say 80-90%.

Everyone would be happier, I dare say the very wealthy would be too. Life's not improved for having to hire bodyguards and security experts.

That's my "realistic" view. In my utopias we've abandoned money entirely. How does the economy work in Star Trek TNG?

In the Star Trek it seems you don't need money to live comfortably. The unemployed and the unemployable don't lack any of the necessities and basic comforts of life, including plenty of opportunities to improve themselves and their communities. I figure everyone has a place to call their own for as long as they desire to stay in one place. For some it will be a quiet place with a garden, for some a place in the heart of a densely populated city. And EVERYONE having sexual relationships where pregnancy is possible will use birth control. The human population of the earth will actually be declining as natural environments are restored or recreated.

And, oh, there are NO AUTOMOBILES allowed in places like Yosemite National Park or most larger cities.