Seriously, this is just getting stupid.
What's next? "If only we had cameras and microphones in everyone's living rooms and bedrooms and did away with curtains and all privacy, we could stop all crime"
First off, no, no you couldn't. You would however be engaging in a huge crime against humanity, which you are already engaged in by constant assaults on human rights...
Kids take selfies and pics of their friends and post them everywhere on social media already, they are their own surveillance state, plus all the government cameras they've grown up with.
Not a deterrent at all, just a sign that you are a shitty parent
Cheap life where though?
Hicksville, Arkansas cheap, or New York City where a walk-in closet sized apartment costs more than a huge home in most small cities...?
The threat means nothing, because their will always be cheap labor overseas...
Nah, no revolution is forthcoming.
The masses are too hypnotized with their smartphones, american idol ( and other "reality" TV ), sports, polar opposite political positions with no middle ground (while the rich laugh and giggle and keep adding to their wealth), etc....
No, I see the cost of everything going up to cover the new taxes. Plus you still have to come up with the initial 330 million+ citizens x 18-20K per person, and that's JUST for the USA...
"You're also overlooking the many jobs and restaurants already that have part time employees DELIBERATELY on public assistance, so they can have them on call. They also routinely already underpay or outright steal wages from their employees"
Yeah, more of the wealthy cheating the working man. Just like now, except now we're going to pay people to not work, and penalize those who do get off their ass and work to support them by paying them less
No, pipe dream, not gonna happen
Here's a BIG hint Star Trek is FICTION, It's not real.
A lot of the so-called "economy" of Star Trek is based on the idea that scarcity is near non-existent since the replicators can convert your feces into what every you want.
Totally different animals unfortunately.
Taxes you have no say in, you have to pay them. The lottery is purely optional.
This is a pipe dream, and not merely tobacco, but more like major narcotics...
$18000-20000 x 330+ million in just the US alone. Where is is all coming from?
"Employers could hire you for tips and no actual salary" So it would make things even worse than they are now?
No, absolutely not, this is some bizarro pipe dream that would never actually work.
Lottery winings come from all the people that bought lottery tickets, not from taxes. You volunteer to contribute when you buy a lottery ticket.
Huge difference.
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"And he married that Kardashian woman."
You misspelled "Cheap-Trashy-whore-ian"
You couldn't pay me to listen to a Kanye West song...
I agree. If I saw any of Kanye West's music on Pirate Bay, I'd sue them for wasting everyone's time with that garbage...
That's the parents job Too goddman many busybodies out there
Blame the Fox network. The pilot of the X-Files spin-off "The Lone Gunmen" gave OBL the plan to fly planes into the WTC....
A cynical person would say those in power are funding/aiding the "terrorists" to get these kids of laws in place...
Seriously, this is just getting stupid. What's next? "If only we had cameras and microphones in everyone's living rooms and bedrooms and did away with curtains and all privacy, we could stop all crime" First off, no, no you couldn't. You would however be engaging in a huge crime against humanity, which you are already engaged in by constant assaults on human rights...
Says the anonymous failure without the courage to back up his words...
Kids take selfies and pics of their friends and post them everywhere on social media already, they are their own surveillance state, plus all the government cameras they've grown up with. Not a deterrent at all, just a sign that you are a shitty parent
No shit. Take the keys and disable the car by pulling the spark plug wires or disconnecting the battery
Takes Helicopter parenting to a whole new level...
Why care about it? If you don;t care enough to put you "name" on it, you don;t care very much about it. Fearing "karma points" is just stupid...
And the rich (who buy the laws and own the politicians) will never let any of this get into even the formative stage in government.
Cheap life where though? Hicksville, Arkansas cheap, or New York City where a walk-in closet sized apartment costs more than a huge home in most small cities...? The threat means nothing, because their will always be cheap labor overseas...
Nah, no revolution is forthcoming. The masses are too hypnotized with their smartphones, american idol ( and other "reality" TV ), sports, polar opposite political positions with no middle ground (while the rich laugh and giggle and keep adding to their wealth), etc....
Plus, why should working people make less just because of UBI? This UBI plan is just incentive to not even try for most people.
No, I see the cost of everything going up to cover the new taxes. Plus you still have to come up with the initial 330 million+ citizens x 18-20K per person, and that's JUST for the USA ...
"You're also overlooking the many jobs and restaurants already that have part time employees DELIBERATELY on public assistance, so they can have them on call. They also routinely already underpay or outright steal wages from their employees" Yeah, more of the wealthy cheating the working man. Just like now, except now we're going to pay people to not work, and penalize those who do get off their ass and work to support them by paying them less No, pipe dream, not gonna happen
Here's a BIG hint Star Trek is FICTION, It's not real. A lot of the so-called "economy" of Star Trek is based on the idea that scarcity is near non-existent since the replicators can convert your feces into what every you want.
Pipe dream in other words.
Totally different animals unfortunately. Taxes you have no say in, you have to pay them. The lottery is purely optional. This is a pipe dream, and not merely tobacco, but more like major narcotics...
Pipe dream
$18000-20000 x 330+ million in just the US alone. Where is is all coming from? "Employers could hire you for tips and no actual salary" So it would make things even worse than they are now? No, absolutely not, this is some bizarro pipe dream that would never actually work.
Lottery winings come from all the people that bought lottery tickets, not from taxes. You volunteer to contribute when you buy a lottery ticket. Huge difference.
We don't have "replicators" that make something from nothing, Start Trek is a horrible comparison...