Great post! It is definitely worth considering. I like the idea and would be in support of it.

The main arguments against it are going to be that we are paying people to do nothing, and there is a psychological disincentive to voting. Both could be argued to be bad for the platform.

As far as paying people to do nothing - personally I believe that having people who are only interested in making a profit not voting is adding value to the platform.

@smooth also brought up a great in regards to this type of plan which would be that the financial incentive is slightly higher than linear - so that there is actually a small incentive for users to keep their SP powered up under a single account vs. splitting it into multiple smaller accounts.