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Originally posted by psychederic
And i see that there must be different money : one for the contribution in the society ( and for us buying goods ).
Originally posted by slane69
... the scarcity question it does exist, to think it doesn't isn't realistic.
If you want to design a better system, the idea of scarcity and allocation of that scarcity needs to be dealt with. Capitalism isn't great and it has major problems but it is the best system of dealing with scarcity and allocating resources.
Originally posted by brill
The 20 hour work week is counter productive to the needs of society and the zero taxes (I read someone post just print the money) is beyond the pale. Just print the money ?!?
Originally posted by Freedom or Death
Originally posted by brill
The 20 hour work week is counter productive to the needs of society and the zero taxes (I read someone post just print the money) is beyond the pale. Just print the money ?!?
I disagree the 40 hour work week is an outdated concept that does little to improve the needs of society. Look at all the wasted resources that are used getting to and from work.
Look at all the empty office buildings and stores. What purpose do these vacant buildings really serve?
Do we really need more plastic crap from 3rd world countries to fill up our landfills?
If all we are gonna do is waste the worlds resources on stupid stuff to make the time pass faster. let's do it at 1/2 the speed and enjoy life a little more.
[edit on 6-6-2010 by Freedom or Death]
Originally posted by avatar01
We should put '___' in the drinking water instead of fluoride.
Originally posted by Freedom or Death
Originally posted by avatar01
We should put '___' in the drinking water instead of fluoride.
Funny you should say that.
I was thinking just the other day that there is '___' already in the water supply.
Originally posted by slane69
I must be missing something, I am trying to understand. If the government takes none of your labor, who pays for the government provided basic benefits and education? Food, clothing, housing, human capital i.e. teachers, are all "scarce" resources.
If the government wants to provide these to everyone it would either have to 1) produce them 2) or buy them from the market.
Both of these options require resources, also called taxes, without taking any labor there would be no taxes to support these actions and the system would collapse.
Originally posted by Freedom or Death
Funny you should say that.
I was thinking just the other day that there is '___' already in the water supply.
Originally posted by randomname
most slaves have trouble adjusting after freedom. they are used to working hard for little pay that when they have free time they go stir crazy. the first generation will have it tough.