Smasharoo wrote:
Like elimination of wealth?
I don't advocate elimination of wealth.
Ah. Almost forgot about this thread. Quick
quote from just a few weeks ago Smasharoo wrote:
While I understand that flogging them and taking all their money would be the most satisfying, I have to be content with reasonable taxation.
There should be taxation on *wealth* not *income*. That's the real problem. Without that, class stratification simply continues forever.
If you tax wealth instead of income, you will eventually eliminate wealth. That's the whole point and certainly the only way to "eliminate class stratification".
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Like creation of a "meritocracy", wherein the government decides how much your job should pay based on some kind of assessment social contribution?
I don't advocate for that.
Not going to find a link for this, since it stems from a conversation we had prior to the current board. I clearly remember you saying this though. Deny it if you want...
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Creation of a state that provides "cradle to grave" care, but takes away any ability for you to care for yourself (see "elimination of wealth" above).
Or that.
Ah yes. My fault for injecting the virtually guaranteed effect on personal freedoms the system you advocate would cause at the end there. Silly me...
Feel free to ignore my prediction of result. Do you agree that you support the creation of a state that provides cradle to grave care?
We can debate the degree to which this affects personal freedoms elsewhere, but I'm quite sure you can't deny wanting this...
Edited, Jun 9th 2008 8:56pm by gbaji
