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[DREDD 2012] How does Megacity-1's economy work?

Apologies if i'm mixing up my Judge Dredd universes, but if one of the things that's turned the world into such a crapsack is excessive automation creating mass unemployment, how does the economy work? If the vast majority of people don't have jobs, they don't have an income to tax, right?
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The way the city is set up, there is no need for an income tax because the government already controls the vast majority of the wealth. Like, 99% or more. Those who ARE noticeably wealthy are either part of the government, or hold a sort of position that is inherently untaxable (aka criminals). 

Everyone else lives off welfare, more or less.