| HappySqurriel said: 1. You do realize that, in the United States, the government doesn't print money a private organization (the Federal Reserve) does; and people have organized their own currencies in the past, and even do today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17680904) without the involvement of government. 2. Anyone can create a new currency and, as long as people believe in its value, it can be viable. The only reason we don't see a worldwide privately controlled currency is that governments wouldn't allow it because it would cripple their ability to rob you through taxation and inflation. |
1. I do realize this.
2. I don't see it as theft, given the government's investments in things like infrastructure and law enforcement often have long term positive effects on society's economic growth and overall well being.
I view it as society, together, allocating resources to provide various services. Like law enforcement, given private enterprise likely would not do it as equitably, comprehensively, or cheaply (their costs might be lower, but not their prices).
| Scoobes said: This is true in the UK too. We've been pushing people into university, but many of them come out with useless degrees that don't have any relevance in the workplace. The result is a lot of debt and a job in which they don't actually need the degree they studied for. My brother-in-law on the other hand left school with the bare minimum qualifications at 16, worked as a painter/decorator for a few years and setup his own business. Now? He owns a bungalow worth nearly £1 million, drives a Lexus 4x4 (which he paid for upfront), can afford to send his daughter to extra theatre lessons (on top of extra private tuition), and hollidays twice every year. He's earning about the same amount in a year that I could just about scrape in 3 with a PhD in Biochemical Engineering. Not sure if I'd have done anything different even knowing what I do now, but it was never even seen as a viable option when I was younger. |
They were never really seen as viable options when I was younger either, and they're areas I'm only just now looking into given I'm hard up for work.
I wish I had stuck with computer science in college. I've always had a nack for programming, but I didn't stick with it for dumb reasons. I sit here today wondering if it's too late to go back to that, and whether I could make it in that field without paying for an expensive education that I definitely can't afford.
