Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
In the year 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century's end, technology would have advanced sufficiently that countries like Great Britain or the United States would have achieved a 15-hour work week. There's every reason to believe he was right. In technological terms, we are quite capable of this. And yet it didn't happen. Instead, technology has been marshaled, if anything, to figure out ways to make us all work more. In order to achieve this, jobs have had to be created that are, effectively, pointless. Huge swathes of people, in Europe and North America in particular, spend their entire working lives performing tasks they secretly believe do not really need to be performed. The moral and spiritual damage that comes from this situation is profound. It is a scar across our collective soul. Yet virtually no one talks about it.
Why did Keynes' promised utopia—still being eagerly awaited in the '60s—never materialise?
"It's as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working. And here, precisely, lies the mystery. In capitalism, this is precisely what is not supposed to happen"
The problem is NOT the "liberals" its the whole system. THINK you can do it !
Get out of the box for a minute PLEASE. My link is not the end all answer but read and think.
Yikes.
The default position of humanity is poverty, and wealth generation is the only reason way out of it. Wealth is generated through capitalism. Wealth generation is hindered by state interference in the economy.
If we want to live like people did in the 1930's, 1940's, 1950's... we could probably survive on 15 hours a week. The thing is, people want modern luxuries, and that's why they work more and earn more. It's no vast conspiracy.
Yes, technology definitely allows us to get work done more easily, meaning we don't need to work as many hours. But...what actually happens is that people continue to want more, and to improve their lives, so they keep working. If you can work 40 hours a week and make twice as much as you would if you worked 20 hours, most people will do it.
Another zombie talking point by the talk radio crowd.
If everyone volunteered to pay taxes, nobody would pay taxes! lol. That's why we have government and laws, to make sure everyone pays their fair share.
So forcing everyone to pay for things they don't want to pay for is...good?
So forcing everyone to pay for things they don't want to pay for is...good?
If you don't want to pay for roads, schools, safe drinking water, security, and thousands of other things that make civilization possible...you might be happier living on your own tiny island.
If you don't want to pay for roads, schools, safe drinking water, security, and thousands of other things that make civilization possible...you might be happier living on your own tiny island.
I have stated publicly, in my community, that I am willing to pay higher property taxes to fund social services, particularly, rehab facilities and resources for homeless people.
Just a philosophical question, if every year when doing tax returns, there's an option to "donate" extra taxes to the federal government, would any liberals really volunteer anything extra? Liberals are always into tax and spend policies, want more benefits, including for illegals, etc.
I'm a conservative who supports low taxes but I donate a lot of my own money to causes like church food banks, Christian organizations, etc.
But let's say liberals are even given a choice in their tax returns where they can donate specifically to help illegal aliens, or a fund just for Planned Parenthood or to just fund abortion. Would they donate?
Probably not. Like the old saying goes, liberals are generous with OTHER people's money!
Isn't speculation a fun game to play? Don't even start about liberals being generous with other people's money. Dems aren't in power right now and we are running some of the highest deficits ever. So don't even.
If you don't want to pay for roads, schools, safe drinking water, security, and thousands of other things that make civilization possible...you might be happier living on your own tiny island.
So if there was an option for YOU to pay extra taxes beyond what you owe, would you???
The facts show that blue states make and red states take - so the liberals are already paying extra taxes and not complaining. Also, they live in much higher income and higher tax areas, which means they pay more of just about every type of tax.
What makes you think liberals are the ones paying taxes, let alone "extra taxes" in the blue states?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
