TheRealMafoo said:
SamuelRSmith said:
The problem I have with the system that tombi123 is suggesting is that we use money to ration resources.
The problem is that there is unlimited demand and only a limited amount of resources on the planet, with the use of prices we can cap demand which is relative to a good or services' perceived value.
Even if everybody had the same amount of money, things would still be rationed because of opportunity cost (you deciding what you spend on your money on, and sacrificing the purchase of something else).
A resource-based economy is simply unsustainable. |
let me set up a theoretical world, and ask you a question.
Let's say we did give everyone the same amount of money, yet health insurance was not provided. Health insurance cost the same for everyone.
If some people chose not to buy it, and they got sick, what should happen to them?
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They shouldn't get the healthcare. But, I think you've mistaken me for someone else, here. I don't support the notion of paying everyone the same amount of money. I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
I posted my views on what should be provided by the state and what shouldn't at the top, and, for the most part, I think that most of the things that should be provided for the state are provided because of benefits to the society around them, not simply because it's "the right ting to do" (as some members on here think), of course, that plays a part, but the majoirty of my views are based on economic gains.
