RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116340759204660827

Yep.

And if you're worried that rich people will get richer because they benefit from these free services, there is also a solution to that categorically easier than means testing.

Ready? Wait for it ....

WEALTH TAX

It's really that easy. Like, so easy. So much easier than any kind of means testing. And instantly more constructive and effective.

And it is literally a return to the historical ways of sustaining a functioning society. Some receipts for those curious: https://itep.org/america-used-to-have-a-wealth-tax-the-forgotten-history-of-the-general-property-tax/ https://stantcheva.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum7746/files/2025-11/draft_v40.pdf