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Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by nikanj on Monday July 29, 2019 @07:16AM (#20553311)
Alice the Accountant and Gary the Government Worker, who are pissed that their friends Bob the Bartender and Charlie the Cabdriver get to skip paying taxes. Envy and jealousy are extremely strong forces.
Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by JustSomeNobody on Monday July 29, 2019 @09:28AM (#20554356)
But is it worth all the things one has to give up just to make sure life is fair?
Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by at-fates-hands on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:34AM (#20555007)
In my experience, the more you try to make things fair, the more you actually make them less fair.
Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by pembrook on Monday July 29, 2019 @11:50AM (#20555842)
Huh? Please name even one example.

I’ve got one. Look at any country with natural resources. In a place like Norway, they try to ensure their oil wealth is fairly distributed throughout society. In Russia, they don’t even try to achieve fairness, and oligarchs run away with all the oil profits. Where would you rather live?

Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by at-fates-hands on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:27PM (#20556330)
Start with the ACA.

It was championed as a way to fix all of the problems of our current system and give access to everybody. 9 years in and its a mess. Overrun with fraud and abuse, people were taken off the plans they were content with (after being told "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan") and put on more expensive plans. Deductions and premiums are increasing, lack of options (after being told there would be more options, not less) and now you're going to have even less people insured since employers are already opting to stop offering coverage in order to push their employees to the ACA plans instead.

And now? Now we're being told the only solution is the "medicare for all" option because the ACA is a massive failure.

Re:Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019 by xtreme on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:26AM (#20564602)
> Only a few prefer liberty, the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.

- Sallust, Roman historian and politician