MellowJoe
Well-Known Member
Cap inheritance. Stigmatize nepotism. Legalize euthanasia. Shut factory farms.
I've always thought that retirement should be phased in, at 61 you drop to a 4 day week, at 62 a 3 day week, 64 a two day week and so on.
I know a few people who died within 6 months of retiring and it was like they had nothing left to live for.
Cap inheritance. Stigmatize nepotism. Legalize euthanasia. Shut factory farms.
And where/whom would you like the rest of the assests to go to?
So a man/women's life work and endeavour, of which they have built for their children, should be partly taken away when they have, given the fact they must be wealthy, paid an already vast amount in tax over 5/6 decades?Into the system of course. In helping to bring the floor up for many, instead of extending the ceiling for few.
So a man/women's life work and endeavour, of which they have built for their children, should be partly taken away when they have, given the fact they must be wealthy, paid an already vast amount in tax over 5/6 decades?
What kind of bullshit version of socialism does that fall under?
Dunno, but it falls under utilitarianism quite well.
I am talking about the extremes by the way, how many million head start should a certain child have? You wouldn't call it a fair horse race if the richest horses started closest to the finishing line would you?
Okay so you've gone from a limit on inheritance to people starting on the same starting line. Flip it on it's head...I could be a self-made millionaire who has worked his bollocks off to provide a bright future for my child. I've already paid thousands and thousands in tax to help other families less well off than my own and my life's work is what I'm leaving my child after paying more in tax than most will earn in a lifetime. How much more money should be taken away because other families have had kids when they can't afford them?
Why don't we just scrap rewarding hard work and everyone be on the same income, whether you're a brain surgeon or a stay-at-home alcoholic?
Life (or getting to death!) is a race?Dunno, but it falls under utilitarianism quite well.
I am talking about the extremes by the way, how many million head start should a certain child have? You wouldn't call it a fair horse race if the richest horses started closest to the finishing line would you?
I see you may have answered a few of the questions, or possibly just raised others, above.Well that would be a silly thing to do wouldn't it?
Self-made millionaire? wonderful. But there should still be a limit. As I said I was talking about the extremes. There are people who are beneficiaries of legacy wealth who have done nothing to earn it. Being born isn't earning anything.. we can surely agree on that. In an ideal world, yes, all kids should start on the same line and the best performers *earn* the most pay, what's unfair about that? The world isn't ideal, and all I was saying was, stop the extremes. Money is made out of sweat and blood after all.