Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Wasnt this a bad TV show when I was growingup?

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> "Just because everybody is doing it doesn't make it right."

True, but then I'm not in the position to hire anyone so I can't do 
better. Of course I always figured if I did have a company I'd probably 
pay everybody (myself included) the same wage. A CEO is no more 
important than the programmers and programmers are no more needed than 
janitors.

Did you read the article on /. the other day about money distribution in 
our economy and the way it's likely to get ever worse as robotics and 
automation become more common? Very interesting IMO. I don't quite agree 
with the author on all points but his suggestion that we tax the rich to 
give out a set allowance for each citizen's cost of living seemed good 
to me. I don't think at this point I'd go quite as high as he suggested 
($25k/yr) but maybe $500-$1000 garenteed income per month would be a 
good idea. He suggested it could replace social security, welfare, etc 
and help keep the economy moving while keeping the wealth from all 
shifting to the rich (as fewer and fewer employees are needed) while 
giving people the resources they need to spend their time doing more 
creative things like writing books or programming. At first thought it 
sounds expensive (150million citizens * $12,000/yr) but if you consider 
the amount of corporate welfare and such we're giving out (or how much 
we're spending to defend the oil in Iraq) then it doesn't seem unfair to 
expect them to give the money back. Of course such an allowance would 
keep migrating back towards the rich anyhow as people spent the money so 
it'd hardly be harmful to their wealth and the government could colllect 
taxes each time that wealth was respent which of course helps keep the 
government running.


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Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org

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