(July 25, 2015 at 9:01 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: Wouldn't paying everyone too much be a problem too? You can't just start paying everyone what CEOs make, right? Money would lose it's value and we'd be back where we started.You'll have to explain when saying paying workers a living wage meant the same as paying everyone CEO salary.
(July 25, 2015 at 9:01 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: How much people get payed is not really the problem, I think - it's the means to live that need get more uniformly distributed and made available.Last I checked, money was the means to live.
(July 25, 2015 at 9:01 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: What I'm basically saying is how current economies work is the problem, really. We should work for other reasons than making a living. It's only when this initial problem goes away that we are able to truly work, efficiently, creatively and so on.
The state should provide us with sufficient resources to lead a normal life and we should strive to make it even better or work for the community at large on our own, unincentivized by a need to feed your own family and provide them with comfort and shelter.
I like the sentiment, I do; however, I encourage you to think this through a little more.
As far as working for reasons besides money, do you think people will voluntarily clean septic tanks for the enjoyment? There are all sorts of other shitty jobs this applies to.
The state produces nothing; therefore, it cannot provide. The state can reallocate; however, this requires a mode of production to tax to begin with. That said, what you may be after is more responsible legislation where the common good is given a higher priority. Gets messy, but it is achievable.
