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Post by blahblahblah on Jan 18, 2013 6:33:01 GMT 7
“We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian Darwinian theory he must justify his right to exist. So we have inspectors of inspectors and people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.”
― Richard Buckminster Fuller
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 6:43:34 GMT 7
ok,then how do we get income,
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Post by Banker on Jan 18, 2013 6:47:02 GMT 7
ok,then how do we get income, Robbing banks comes to mind. ;D From The Banker. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 6:53:28 GMT 7
or newstart,or dsp even. ;D
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Post by blahblahblah on Jan 18, 2013 7:58:30 GMT 7
As with most problems, there are no easy fixes or short term solutions. I certainly don't have the answers.
Income itself though, is only a means to an end. People don't need income, people need shelter and food (mainly).
The first thing that needs to be addressed is wealth disparity, easier said than done of course, but why do a few get rich from the natural rescources our country is blessed with? Why is society set up in such a way that a small percentage of people profit from the essentials such as housing, food and power?
The monetary system itself is flawed. Our government, supposedly running the country, have to borrow money into existence from private banking institutions. Shouldn't the government be in control of the money supply? Shouldn't money be spent into existence by the government and not borrowed into existence? With all money being borrowed into existence there can never be enough money in circulation to pay back the debt (because of interest). This leads to the manipulation of the money supply and the boom/bust cycles.
Easy access to money leads to the boom and the rise in asset prices. Tightening of the money supply leads to the bust and the fall in asset prices. Can you see how this can be continually and easily exploited by those who control the money supply?
Technological advances should mean a requirement for less man hours of "work". The government however needs to protect its tax base to pay back the interest on the money it has borrowed. Thus the requirement for economic growth. Spend little wage slave spend! This isn't so easy though in the post-industrial age, hence the service industry, a lot of which is paying people to do things you don't have the time to do because you're doing something else for someone else. But everyone gets taxed on that of course.
Not really an answer to your question, but something to think about.
¡Viva la Revolución!
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Post by latindancer on Jan 18, 2013 10:56:23 GMT 7
Hey, alright ! We've got a "Wallace and Gromit" inventor in our midst. Techno-trousers next.
Seriously, that's a great invention, BH.
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Post by blahblahblah on Jan 19, 2013 8:08:22 GMT 7
Great invention indeed! Best of luck with it.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 19, 2013 8:53:26 GMT 7
But I don't think we can get away from the notion that we are expected to make a contribution!
And I, for one, would be quite happy to present a report to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on my observations of a country I traveled in and visited......
Just like politicians are supposed to present a report of their observations when they travel overseas and justify that expenditure then I cannot see why I should not do the same and so justify taxpayer payment to me, just like a politician.
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 19, 2013 9:00:33 GMT 7
baranghope well done mate.... a great idea and an impeccable presentation of the product at www.powercane.comI think you would have a huge market and I hope you are reaping rewards. |
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 20, 2013 13:25:10 GMT 7
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 24, 2013 15:37:02 GMT 7
There is so much crap about DSP folk that it nearly blows me away. The fact is that anyone that pretends I would cut their  ing head off. |
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 24, 2013 18:03:34 GMT 7
its a year of politics.
any member of this board that does not front to their local political party should be whipped and burnt
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Post by Denis-NFA on Jan 24, 2013 18:06:24 GMT 7
and i do not care how much you have done in the past.
tell us whom you have attacked.
then we can all have a go at them
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Post by hypoman on Jan 25, 2013 7:26:15 GMT 7
BH, well done mate! hope it all comes together ok and somkeone doesnt try to copy you despite the patents...
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