Aha! There is usually one of you around when I start talking about citizen's income.
The space ship analogy is not a very good one. Where does the money come from? From taxes on people who have more of it than they need. Like you, probably. But what is the point of taxing people only to give much of the money back? Income tax should be abolished and most government functions including CI funded by 1) a wealth tax b) corporation tax and c) equalizing taxes, or taxes on 'bads'. As for explaining how our system will work in the long run, first explain how you think the present system is going to work in the long run. And as for people with money for more gasoline, check out c) above. Cars are a 'bad'. tr On 16-Jan-08, at 7:43 AM, Christoph Reuss wrote: > The CI proponents remind me of a group that keeps slobbering over > their > new spaceship, how beautiful it is and how fast it will take humans to > new worlds, but they "forget" to talk about the engine of their > spaceship > -- in fact, they don't have an engine that works. They think a > perpetuum > mobile will do it. But they don't want to talk about engines -- > they talk > about their beautiful spaceship hull design, the comfy chairs, the > tasty > board cuisine and the great space adventures they plan. > > In other words: How about a brief concise outline of where the > money will > come from, and how the system will be kept sustainable in the long > term. > (Economically and environmentally -- because the last thing the > climate > needs is billions of motorists having too much money for gasoline...) > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains > the keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework A Citizen's Income is "a just income paid to everyone without condition and as a right of citizenship". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
