What do you all think of the first past the post voting system that we use? I won't be voting in the 2016 election, but there are two candidates...
I think there's probably less government taught in schools now. We learned about American History in 8th grade, but nothing about the electoral...
Bernie wouldn't tax the rich at 90%. In an interview he was asked if he thought a 90% top marginal tax rate under Eisenhower was crazy and he said...
MOD EDIT - Rule 3 Carson has spent more money than most other candidates. Trump has also spent a not too insignificant amount. The current front...
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by international socialist and national socialist. Bernie sanders is a nationalist in the sense that he...
I think it's unfair to dismiss Sanders just because he calls himself a democratic socialist. He doesn't want to get rid of all private ownership,...
I do watch the debates, and occasionally some political shows for entertainment, but for the most part I find it easier to use news articles and...
It's possible that we will learn about the process of voting, and I just haven't gotten to it yet. There is an optional government class that my...
I am currently in high school although I don't think most people have taken high school classes that go into depth on the process of voting.
Most definitions of socialism are something along the lines of the public ownership or regulation of the means of production. Bernie sanders wants...
I have a few questions about the process of voting. What things do people vote on? Obviously the POTUS, VP, and on congressmen, but what else? Do...
The super tax wasn't very successful in France. One of the reasons was probably that the higher taxes caused rich people that contribute to the...
A test? Giving people an amount of money that keeps them below the poverty line is no longer a UBI. It's a partial basic income. It would no...
The point of a UBI is to give people just enough money to be able to live. If someone is disabled and has nobody to take care of them, $500 a...
You said yourself that you don't think people that are able to work should have the option of not working and collecting government money. Why is...
I think that's a valid criticism, and the biggest reason I like the idea of a UBI is because it is a possible solution to automation. As I said,...
The money you get from a UBI wouldn't be that much. We would probably start with $10,000-$15,000 a year but I can imagine that becoming quite a...
I'm not saying that robots will do everything for us. I'm just saying that it's very possible that machines will do most of our undesirable work,...
A UBI gives money in addition to the money made from your job, unlike our current system which requires you to not work to benefit from it. This...
I understand that people have needs and wants, but in the future we will be able to fulfill those needs and wants more easily with machines than...
I don't think money would be printed to fund a UBI. It would be nice if some other country wants to be an experiment for us. It could happen in...
I think most of our jobs today have existed for quite a long time. It's possible that within 20 years 50% of our current jobs will be replaced by...
But we're at a point where so many jobs will be replaced by machines that we will not all have to contribute to society in a major way. A UBI...
I think you're underestimating technology. There is nothing special about the human brain. It's just a good machine. We are already capable of...
I know it's expensive, but it has so many positive effects that it could be worth it. If we don't do something like this, what do you expect us to...
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