JP Hochbaum
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Would you agree that spending this way is just a different sort of "tax," e.g. a prospective tax (debt) or retrospective one (tax against savers)?
I assume no, but I don't entirely understand why not.
Anyway, overall it's unbelievable that 3 out of 20 around here think people have a right to be furnished with some sort of job to do, doing who-cares-what. I think these people do not understand basic human psychology. Adult humans are not psychologically capable of being this utterly helplessly dependent on the external for all their needs. It's just not healthy.
Stop here. The government isn't stealing, it doesn't need tax revenue to spend.
I did answer it, you present a situation that doesn't exist. If the government supplies a job guarantee to those willing to work, they aren't taking anything from anyone. Are cops stealing? Firemen? Our Marines? That situation simply is a non starter.I'm not talking about taxes. I'm talking about creating claims to goods where no claim previously existed.
Here's a question: A guy wants a new flat screen TV, but doesn't have the money. He goes to his shop and produces a stack of $20 bills, perfect in their execution and indistinguishable from the real thing. He then goes and uses these new bills to buy the TV.
Do you consider this to be stealing? Do you think he has harmed anyone?
And by the way, you never really answered the original question: Do they have a right to demand that others feed, shelter, and clothe them. Does this imply that someone out there has a legal obligation to feed, shelter, and clothe them?
I did answer it, you present a situation that doesn't exist. If the government supplies a job guarantee to those willing to work, they aren't taking anything from anyone. Are cops stealing? Firemen? Our Marines? That situation simply is a non starter.
And creating claims to goods is increase demand and sales for businesses! Why would you not want that!
I did answer it, you present a situation that doesn't exist. If the government supplies a job guarantee to those willing to work, they aren't taking anything from anyone. Are cops stealing? Firemen? Our Marines? That situation simply is a non starter.
And creating claims to goods is increase demand and sales for businesses! Why would you not want that!
You presume that the federal government actually has useful jobs for these people to do don't you? What if they don't?
As to adding zeros to bank accounts - I'm terrible at economics but won't that simply devalue everyone else's bank accounts and isn't that effectively the same as increasing taxes?
If one is working, they are not dependent, they are supplying themselves income by working.
Every employee would then be dependent under your definition.
This is the most non-sensical response I have heard in a while. I never suggested some guy printing up $20 bills and using them to provide or good or service. Stop using a strawman and address what I am saying.So you are actually going to take the position that a guy who prints up a stack of $20 bills and uses them to provide goods and services is NOT stealing, but is instead providing a public service?!
Um, okay. Now I know into which category to place any future comments from you...
Describe what you mean by useful, and then I could explain if it is useful or not.You presume that the federal government actually has useful jobs for these people to do don't you? What if they don't?
The value of the dollar is determined just as much by production as it is by currency management. And when you add money to banks accounts of those who consume, more than save, it increases production.As to adding zeros to bank accounts - I'm terrible at economics but won't that simply devalue everyone else's bank accounts and isn't that effectively the same as increasing taxes?
Well there's no contract under yours. Only a parental-like obligation to citizens from government.
The positive rights argument in general regards adult citizens as dependent children who deserve to be provided for, not as autonomous adults whose legally valid trade contracts may need to be enforced. If government is to provide us with our needs, making them positive rights, then we are depending on the external to meet our needs. It's like an adult child living at his parents' house. In some ways they're free adults, and in others they're still regarded children. I think that's typically an unhealthy way to live.
Sure there is a contract. You want money, you work.
You just said the same thing I did, please stop typing.That's a valid contract, in your opinion? Really? And doing what? In the real world, it goes "if you do this particular type of work, I'll give you this particular amount of money."
This is the most non-sensical response I have heard in a while. I never suggested some guy printing up $20 bills and using them to provide or good or service. Stop using a strawman and address what I am saying.
You're saying that the federal government can acquire goods by printing money and that this doesn't harm anyone, which is a load of manure.
How does it harm anyone? It helps the private sector by adding demand.
How does it harm anyone? It helps the private sector by adding demand.
How does it harm anyone? It helps the private sector by adding demand.
Think about the reason why counterfeiting is a crime, and you will come up with the answer.
If printing money has no detrimental effect, why should anyone work at all? The government could just print money for everybody. The more the better.
And now ask yourself why the government doesn't want anyone printing currency. You're doing well. I'm sure you'll get there...Counterfeiting is a crime because the government doesn't want anyone just printing currency. The governmentis allowed to print money because they can control it, and it gives them monetary sovereignty to control the value of it. So the two are not related in any way.
I am not making teh argument to counterfeit so your point is moot and meaningless.And now ask yourself why the government doesn't want anyone printing currency. You're doing well. I'm sure you'll get there...
I am not making teh argument to counterfeit so your point is moot and meaningless.
Surfing the net, I came across this.
The Right to a job | Socialist Equality Party
Interesting point of view. What do you think? Is having a job a right?
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