Message from @diversity_is_racism
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EXPENSIVE AND USELESS, PLUS PROPAGANDA
I AGREE: LOCAL RESOLUTIONS ARE BETTER
IF LOCAL COMMUNITIES CANNOT COOPERATE, THEN PERHAPS IT IS NATURAL SELECTION
@profagonist I WOULD HAVE A SOCIETY WITH NO GOVERNMENT
ARISTOCRACY FOR LEADERSHIP
CULTURE FOR DAY TO DAY
EVERYTHING ELSE LOCAL, LIKE POLICE
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO REACH VOLUNTARY STANDARDS
@MRB AGREED ON INCOME TAX. I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT PROPERTY TAX.
hey fair enough but i don't think most people want to be a part of natural selection anymore and thus would take some convincing or coercing
IN THEORY, CORPORATE TAX ONLY
OR SOMETHING LIKE A VAT
Apparently income tax was 47% of total tax revenue in 2015
I.E. TAX HIGHER AT CONSUMER END
@profagonist SOUNDS RIGHT
So if the budget was balanced and then shrunk to 40% you'd be on track
@diversity_is_racism Property tax is rent paid to the gov for something we supposedly own. I see it as remnants of a feudal system paid to a manor lord.
@profagonist COINCIDENTALLY, ENTITLEMENTS ARE ABOUT 60% OF THE BUDGET
@MRB I AM PRO-FEUDALISM, BUT IT IS A CASTE SYSTEM, SO HARD TO COMPARE TO PRESENT
@diversity_is_racism That's fair.
AND PUT THEM IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SHINE
INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM FEEL BAD FOR NOT HAVING ENOUGH
MESSAGE OF CASTE SYSTEM: YOU HAVE CERTAIN ABILITIES, DO WELL WITH THEM, AND ALL IS GOOD
IT PRODUCES FEWER HOURS AT WORK
AND MORE HOSPITABLE WORK ENVIRONMENTS
I WAS TALKING TO A DOCTOR
WHO SAID:
60% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS HOSPITAL DO NOT NEED TO BE HERE
MANY OF THE OTHERS COULD BE ELSEWHERE WITH SOME LIFESTYLE CHANGES
AND SOME ARE JUST DOOMED, MAYBE 10% OR SO
WE HAVE MADE A PONZI INDUSTRY OUT OF EVERY INDUSTRY
The economy is like that to some extent. Growth is set by new consumers.
@diversity_is_racism they need actual nurses and doctors
but can't afford to pay them
so they're all overworked to shit
my friend's dad in upper class nj made less at his private practice than his wife did as some generic office lady
so he quit and became a nightshift er emergency surgeon
@MRB I AGREE IT IS BASED ON GROWTH, WHICH IS UNSTABLE
@Death Strike's Bat TOO MANY REGULATIONS
SHOULD GO TO CASH-BASED