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Old December 8th, 2004, 03:49 AM
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Default Re: Your Views on a world Government

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We merely have to determine how much money is necessary for a person to live comfortably and then each citizen has that much. They don't need to live extravagantly, just have the considered necessities. There are no rich or poor, merely world citizens of equal standing. People can still strive to excel, it will give them something to do and not make them feel guilty taking advanatge of the system, but they shouldn't be considered better than everyone else because of it just admired for their dedication. The Drug addict has a problem and he must be helped.
Ah but the problem with this is that it creates a welfare state wherin I don't NEED to work to live, much like the way the Soviet Union provided a "basic living stipend" I believe it was called, every citizen got x-ammount of money whether they worked or not and look at how that went, a large ammount of people only worked when they were practically shoved in at gunpoint.
And can you really blame them? Humans by nature will not work for what we can get for free, if I can be paid the same as say a doctor for hangin out with my friends and family then why should I bother striving to be a doctor?

I understand your intentions are good but a welfare state where "everyone is paid equally" would not work very well, especially because some jobs are a HECK of a lot more stressful or dangerious then others and should be paid more money as appropriate to their risks and stress.

Now one thing I do agree with you on is the idea that humans needed to be trained to think about humanity and not just their own interests.
I mean let's face it do you know how many starving homeless people could be fed on the sallery of a single NFL player for just one year? a LOT yet instead we waste millions of dollars on unproductive, whiney, generally punk jerkass professional athletes that B and M when they don't get that extra ten million dollars when the average person would just like enough money to be able to take their family on vacation without going into debt.
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