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Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @07:39AM (#11813573)
This is what actually happens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Schiff
Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @07:38AM (#11813568)
How is tax policy enforced? (Hint: force, not peace)
Re:Drug Prices Too High? Sometimes, They’re Not Costly Enough
on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:36AM (#11812451)
If you truly believe that -- move to Venezuela.
Re:How Much Housing Will Be Built?
on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @02:21AM (#11812397)
Government price controls do not fundamentally change the cost only the price.
If the government is so efficient and can, somehow, make housing cheaper than it would be in a free market why shouldn't they also take control of the food supply? Computers? Software? All industry?
Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:30AM (#11812055)
That's still immoral.
If you're worried about the public good, there are nonviolent and consensual means of cooperation that I believe would make all of us far more prosperous than today.
Re:Facebook and Twitter pledge to remove hate speech within 24 hours
on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @09:44PM (#11811589)
Let alone a 'science'.
Re:Moving Forward on Basic Income
on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @09:31PM (#11811548)
Anyone who down votes, happy to be proved wrong. Very simple test: don't pay and see what happens.
Re:Governments Turn to Commercial Spyware to Intimidate Dissidents
on Monday May 30, 2016 @07:28PM (#11803781)
Essentially not thinking beyond stage one. (The self destruction of a welfare state and open borders, to use the immigration example)
Re:Does the whole Thiel vs. Gawker thing trouble you?
on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:24AM (#11799709)
If you are truly worried about power, look no further than the government. The power to use force is actual power.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think about the current education system?
on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:20AM (#11799700)
You do not attract high quality staff by offering $0 salary. Nor do you get high quality staff when they cannot be fired(as is so common today).
Re:Boys who live with books ‘earn more as adults’
on Sunday May 29, 2016 @05:09AM (#11795613)
> (which isn't even a quality commanded to a significant degree by genetics)
Evidence?
Re:Does the whole Thiel vs. Gawker thing trouble you?
on Sunday May 29, 2016 @04:59AM (#11795583)
Seems like your problem is with the legal system, not Thiel.
Which is completely fair. "Don't hate the player, hate the game."
Re:Does the whole Thiel vs. Gawker thing trouble you?
on Sunday May 29, 2016 @04:58AM (#11795578)
> someone secretly using money to manipulate a case in which he is not a direct participant.
What manipulation was there?
3rd parties funding lawsuits is not a new, it's been happening for centuries.
Re:Does the whole Thiel vs. Gawker thing trouble you?
on Sunday May 29, 2016 @04:56AM (#11795575)
The 0.1% can fund a lawsuit because you published a sex tape.
>We're now officially owned by the 300!
That's a steep slope.