04-30-2008, 08:12 PM
[quote Dennis S]"Stevie, are you confused about who's money it is?"
It's like a tax cut - we will pay interest on it from now on.
In spite of all these clever answers, the prevailing perception (successful brainwashing) is that it's the government's money, it always has been, always will be, and we are allowed to have some of what we earn, by the state, it was their money first, and even when we have some it, it's still theirs. Good job! They have their subjects thinking like sheep! In reality, what can they do? Well. They can print money. They can spend money. But can they make money? They look to us to do that, and then take a percentage of what we make. Taxation. Been around a long time. Has that changed? Last I looked, that's still how it works.
Did we switch roles at some point? Did the private sector stop making money, are now all non-profit organizations, people with jobs stopped working for paychecks, and now workers tax the government, that's our source of revenue? And the government stopped goofing off, went out and got a job, and started earning money? Sounds good to me!
It's like a tax cut - we will pay interest on it from now on.
In spite of all these clever answers, the prevailing perception (successful brainwashing) is that it's the government's money, it always has been, always will be, and we are allowed to have some of what we earn, by the state, it was their money first, and even when we have some it, it's still theirs. Good job! They have their subjects thinking like sheep! In reality, what can they do? Well. They can print money. They can spend money. But can they make money? They look to us to do that, and then take a percentage of what we make. Taxation. Been around a long time. Has that changed? Last I looked, that's still how it works.
Did we switch roles at some point? Did the private sector stop making money, are now all non-profit organizations, people with jobs stopped working for paychecks, and now workers tax the government, that's our source of revenue? And the government stopped goofing off, went out and got a job, and started earning money? Sounds good to me!