TastesLikeChicken
Lifer
- Sep 12, 2004
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I think many would like to find solutions for society's problems. But the simple fact is that there is no solution. Even if we could isolate all of the cheaters we would still have a society of cheaters on both sides. That's how things work today and will probably work tomorrow.Yeah, that's why I used the word "tentatively".
Wasn't there a Founding Father quote, that basically said as much, that if the voting public figures out it can vote itself a share of the treasury, that that might be the end of the Republic, or something like that?
Would UBI mean the end of our grand experiment? If so, I would certainly vote against it.
I was basically speaking of the advantages of that sort of system, personally, as I would be allowed to work, and still collect a minimum Disability check.
On the whole though, if everyone was "on the dole" so to speak, and there was nobody left working, that doesn't seem like it would work out too well.
Then again, the Federal personal income tax wasn't a thing for quite some time; from what I understand, the Federal gov't was funded by imposts (imports?) and excises (?) - basically, customs taxes.
The thought of ONLY taxing "rich corporations", to provide money for the economy and persons (citizens, only) living in this country, doesn't seem totally far-fetched, either, in a time of maximal automation.
Edit: I don't subscribe to the FARCE, that corporations are "people". The are machines. Money machines. Workhorses, to be sure, but you don't have to treat them "humanely", because they aren't humans.
I don't consider myself a liberal or conservative, I try to keep an open mind, to find solutions for society's problems.
Here is the fact about life and economics. They will never be the same for everyone and people will never be equal. It's an unfortunate fact, but it is reality.