2011/9/27 Craig Haynie :
> You don't have a consistent moral theory. Therefore you throw morality
> out of the window - in the name of morality - so that you can build
> 'your' perfect society. But it's not perfect, because if it were, then
> there would be no reason to threaten those who disagree
On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 04:50 +0300, Jouni Valkonen wrote:
> In pure and ideal basic income economy, all tax revenues are returned
> to the markets boosting purchasing power of consumers, therefore
> economic burden of taxes is zero and no one has no economic reasons to
> oppose taxes.
>
> —Jou
2011/9/27 OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson :
> Harry sez:
>
>> > Robots will never earn any income.
>>
>> Are you sure a robot could never be designed and programmed to earn an
>> income?
>
> Not if we eventually create sentience as sophisticated as someone like Data,
> from Star Trek TNG. ;-)
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:03 AM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
wrote:
> What would they
> consume Videos? Hard Metal Pornography? food? Health insurance?
Nickel and hydrogen. ;-)
T
- Original Message -
> From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
> Cc:
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 6:29:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will Robots Steal Your Job?
>
>
> Robots will never earn any income.
Are you sure a robot cou
Steven, you are refering to value add tax with that "employment tax". There
is no resistance for value add tax in europe and it is commonly ca. 20%.
Many people however argue that the proportion should be increased because it
is unethical to tax incomes. Some even think that all tax revenues should
Johnson
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Will Robots Steal Your Job?
Jouni sez:
>> This article references Martin Ford's "Lights in the Tunnel" which was
>> discussed here.
>
> I have not yet read the article, but
Jouni sez:
>> This article references Martin Ford's "Lights in the Tunnel" which was
>> discussed here.
>
> I have not yet read the article, but one short comment about the topic.
>
> That robots are stealing our jobs is not an issue, because we can tax
> robots and give money to the poor as a bas
2011/9/26 Jed Rothwell :
> This article references Martin Ford's "Lights in the Tunnel" which was
> discussed here.
I have not yet read the article, but one short comment about the topic.
That robots are stealing our jobs is not an issue, because we can tax
robots and give money to the poor as a
See:
http://www.slate.com/id/2304442/
This article references Martin Ford's "Lights in the Tunnel" which was
discussed here.
- Jed
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