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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)
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.

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.
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.
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.