I also appreciate the discussion we have undertaken. It seems that we are unable to reconcile, and I accept that: I expected it.
Last word from me are that the poll is basically on whether to tax author rewards, as initially donations are a certainty, and no one expects voluntary donations to provide a long term solution to SPS funding IMHO. So, the failure of taxing rewards is essentially a plebiscite to reject that offshoring of development expenses from the present source, which is large stakeholders (Stinc, to date).
Given that this is a stakeweighted poll, I consider that a significant statement by actual investors, who care enough to spend the tiny VP required to decide the issue, unlike profiteers, who are so short sighted that they are unwilling to invest that practically infinitesimal expense to prevail in the poll.
That is a very telling statement indeed!
Thanks!