I expect that sort of thing could work in some circumstances. The maxim is “tax what you want to see less of” after all.
The government here currently pays unemployed people a living allowance while they look for work, on the condition that they apply for jobs or similar activities: the default requirement equates to 20 job applications per month[1]. I suppose the government could both require people to apply for jobs on penalty of losing their living allowance if they don’t, and also charge them to apply for jobs, but this seems inefficient.
I expect that sort of thing could work in some circumstances. The maxim is “tax what you want to see less of” after all.
The government here currently pays unemployed people a living allowance while they look for work, on the condition that they apply for jobs or similar activities: the default requirement equates to 20 job applications per month[1]. I suppose the government could both require people to apply for jobs on penalty of losing their living allowance if they don’t, and also charge them to apply for jobs, but this seems inefficient.
One could argue that this requirement is far too high and I would agree.