RE: The lady who drove a Mercedes to pick up food vouchers.
July 22, 2014 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2014 at 10:24 am by Jaysyn.)
(July 19, 2014 at 4:03 pm)Heywood Wrote: This is however, a good example of why should toss out all these government aid programs and replace them with a universal basic income or negative income tax. There is no reason to think this woman would not have purchased the formula her babies needed if she was given money instead of vouchers.
Looks like Switzerland is trying this out. Hope it works out for them.
(July 22, 2014 at 9:20 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: I can't help but be reminded of this classic incident from Ol' Dirty Bastard's career: Shortly after the release of his first solo album, He picked up food stamps in a limo accompanied by an MTV news crew.
He was still in the system. He couldn't have done it two months later.
Complete automation could be the greatest or worst thing that will happen to civilization, but it's only going to be what we make it. Anyone who has their heads in the sand regarding automation & what it will inevitably do to our society needs to read Manna post-haste.
AutoDesk CEO Carl Bass Wrote:“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.”
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
