Comments on: “From Each According to His Ability, to Each According to His Need” http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/from-each-according-to-his-ability-to-each-according-to-his-need/ On life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jessica http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/from-each-according-to-his-ability-to-each-according-to-his-need/#comment-75 Jessica Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:00:34 +0000 http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-75 Either change us to a socialist society like Sweden or let capitalism run it's course and punish the greedy bastages who didn't know when to stop. This half-a** socialism (corporate bailouts from the government, welfare checks that are given indirectly by the wealthy)is just going to prolong this recession. I don't even care if we switch to socialismat this point. Have you been to Stockholm? They don't have slums, they don't worry about losing their house and best of all; they get paid in proportion to their value. Imagine if all of these stupid celebrities made 1,000 an episode instead of $5,000,000 (jerry seinfeld)and teachers got paid as much as the Lawyers they taught in school. Taxes would be higher but it wouldn't matter. I know I'm pretty fu**ing tired of seeing these idiot fat-cats on wall street making so much money by gambling people's insurance premiums and then walking away while leaving a trickle down effect of massive layoffs and foreclosures. Either change us to a socialist society like Sweden or let capitalism run it’s course and punish the greedy bastages who didn’t know when to stop. This half-a** socialism (corporate bailouts from the government, welfare checks that are given indirectly by the wealthy)is just going to prolong this recession.

I don’t even care if we switch to socialismat this point. Have you been to Stockholm? They don’t have slums, they don’t worry about losing their house and best of all; they get paid in proportion to their value. Imagine if all of these stupid celebrities made 1,000 an episode instead of $5,000,000 (jerry seinfeld)and teachers got paid as much as the Lawyers they taught in school. Taxes would be higher but it wouldn’t matter.

I know I’m pretty fu**ing tired of seeing these idiot fat-cats on wall street making so much money by gambling people’s insurance premiums and then walking away while leaving a trickle down effect of massive layoffs and foreclosures.

]]> By: Sandy http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/from-each-according-to-his-ability-to-each-according-to-his-need/#comment-43 Sandy Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:27:44 +0000 http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-43 Eama-le, priceless! My thoughts exactly. Promise the moon and people think free stuff and get behind it, but no one stops to do the math and realize it's as illusory as the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Eama-le, priceless! My thoughts exactly.

Promise the moon and people think free stuff and get behind it, but no one stops to do the math and realize it’s as illusory as the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

]]> By: AnnieMcPhee http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/from-each-according-to-his-ability-to-each-according-to-his-need/#comment-41 AnnieMcPhee Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:15:56 +0000 http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-41 That said, McCain's cuts will help (as Bush's did) but they're not deep and meaningful enough to make a huge 180 degree turnaround like the early Reagan era and lead to a sustained time of big prosperity. If he gets in he's going to have to be pressed to make genuinely meaningful cuts (especially to the highest payers - which are, duh, those who make and pay the most). But dang, I was just going to make a whole post about all that; there are just a couple things I need to research first. That said, McCain’s cuts will help (as Bush’s did) but they’re not deep and meaningful enough to make a huge 180 degree turnaround like the early Reagan era and lead to a sustained time of big prosperity. If he gets in he’s going to have to be pressed to make genuinely meaningful cuts (especially to the highest payers – which are, duh, those who make and pay the most).

But dang, I was just going to make a whole post about all that; there are just a couple things I need to research first.

]]> By: AnnieMcPhee http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/from-each-according-to-his-ability-to-each-according-to-his-need/#comment-40 AnnieMcPhee Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:12:46 +0000 http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-40 We have that with the EIC; I guess this is just a lot more of it. I must say when we were younger and used to qualify for the EIC, I really didn't understand; even though I was the one doing the taxes. It just never really registered that we weren't getting back what we'd paid, but were not paying and getting "free" money. I also didn't understand the obvious - punishing those who have the means to provide you with an actual job and livelihood in the long-term (to where you can rise up and end up providing your own lifestyle and helping others upwards on their path towards self-sufficiency) not only gives them disincentives to job and wealth creation, but literally in the long-term makes them unable to do so. It hurts everyone. Not to mention the price of goods and services *necessarily* goes up - for everyone. That free money is not only not free, it makes us all slaves. We have that with the EIC; I guess this is just a lot more of it. I must say when we were younger and used to qualify for the EIC, I really didn’t understand; even though I was the one doing the taxes. It just never really registered that we weren’t getting back what we’d paid, but were not paying and getting “free” money. I also didn’t understand the obvious – punishing those who have the means to provide you with an actual job and livelihood in the long-term (to where you can rise up and end up providing your own lifestyle and helping others upwards on their path towards self-sufficiency) not only gives them disincentives to job and wealth creation, but literally in the long-term makes them unable to do so. It hurts everyone. Not to mention the price of goods and services *necessarily* goes up – for everyone. That free money is not only not free, it makes us all slaves.

]]> By: Eema-le http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/from-each-according-to-his-ability-to-each-according-to-his-need/#comment-38 Eema-le Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:35:57 +0000 http://thecivillibertarian.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-38 Oh...So that's how it's gonna work. I thought he was simply going to wave his magic wand and suddenly everyone would have free health care, college, housing, peace, love, rainbows, doves, etc. Maybe he's just going to buy the world a Coke. Oh…So that’s how it’s gonna work. I thought he was simply going to wave his magic wand and suddenly everyone would have free health care, college, housing, peace, love, rainbows, doves, etc. Maybe he’s just going to buy the world a Coke.

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