Stupid but also crafty. They want the remaining 30% to give (be relieved of) their bank accounts for the greater good of the socialist paradise on the way if taxes are just high enough soon.
Will they have to pay taxes on this and I assume they will continue to get other benefits such as food stamps and healthcare? What a life!!
Yes, indeed: Crafty!
Even though it would be infeasible to enact a full-scale program, it's the precedent effect that I'm worried about - the mere fact that a government body has taken it upon itself to redistribute wealth for redistribution's sake - with no pretense of the recipients being "needy" or suffering exceptional hardships.
I, myself, see strong parallels to those dystopic sci-fi films wherein "The Government" allows people to, e.g., commit murders on a particular night of the year. Or Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," where only a single individual is "sacrificed" (for the "greater good?" - the story isn't clear on that point).
By launching a "pilot project," it is being tacitly claimed that the govt. can, in principle, take money from some people in order to simply "shower" it upon others - with no consideration of their actual need.
That is a dangerous precedent.
Regards,