First the Revolution | 45 comments (45 topical, 0 hidden)
Of course it's all theory (none / 0)
Step one would be nationalizing the banks, then everybody would need to have a bank account. They would get 1250$ every month.
Then, when they pay something the tax gets deducted. For example if I buy a new jacket for 100$ the store owner would get only 75$ and his tax is already paid,
Mortgages would mean that the money is going to the banks/state, so it wouldn't matter if any tax gets paid. It would just be the state paying a tax to the state.

"In order to maximize income, people will buy as little and as small as possible,"

You're trying to tell me that this would be a change, to what is already happening? I for one, always try to spend as little money as possible.

The rich people couldn't get any money, without the tax being paid, because if money gets moved from one person's account to another person's account the tax gets deducted.

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/14/2010 10:51:14 AM EST

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Big Brother Indeed (none / 0)
Ya that's probably not going to fly.

As far as crime goes. What's to stop people from going back to the barter system and/or robbying people for jewelry. What about gold and silver or other fairly easy to value commodities?

I don't think it is going to have the results you want to stop crime. Criminals are very resourcefull. Just look at what goes on in the prison system.

by sisco66 on 03/14/2010 11:07:13 AM EST

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If Big Brother would be controlled? (none / 0)
I admit that it would not have those extrem influences on crime that I would be hoping for. Well at least they would pay taxes.

However, when you want to ignore the crime fighting, all informations could be handled anonymously. If the banks would just have a finger print and an identification number, it would be even more anonymous than nowadays.
How the privacy issues are going to be handled can really be talked about. With some thinking we could get to a solution.

The main problem is that it would require a revolution, because the system would be so fair that the big cats wouldn't stand for it. No matter how much the people on this forum say, when nothing changes or things get worse, there's going to be a violent revolution, I don't believe the people in America, or Europe are still capable of revolution.

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/15/2010 04:48:26 AM EST

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sad but true (none / 0)
I don't believe the people in America, or Europe are still capable of revolution.

by sisco66 on 03/15/2010 06:30:47 AM EST

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