Do you think this is a reasonable goal?

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asp3 said:
...However I feel my pipe dream is possible. We have the resources to achieve it and we have the technology to achieve it. ...
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If it's your dream and we have the ability to achieve it, then start by crafting a step-by-step plan.

A good place to start is to define what is "reasonable" from the OP. Is it basic provision just above the poverty line, or is the "reasonable" goal to provide everyone with society's average standard of living?
 

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MarciKS said:
a cap...meaning they should only be able to buy cars up to 40,000 and the rest be put in a pool for poor folks. that kind of thing judy?
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I'm talking about the redistribution of wealth. Let the masters in economics and statisticians work out the details. I don't care to discuss it further on here. :rolleyes:
 
asp3 said:
I’d disagree. I think in many ancient cultures and possibly some current “primitive” cultures this does happen. I don’t know enough to provide any proof. However I feel my pipe dream is possible. We have the resources to achieve it and we have the technology to achieve it. There just aren’t enough people working towards such a goal to achieve it.
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I’d disagree. I think in many ancient cultures and possibly some current “primitive” cultures this does happen.

I think it's reasonable to conclude both ancient & primitive lived/live off the land. The key to your disagreement is in [ancient cultures & current “primitive” cultures] comparing a limited amount of people to the 7 billion plus I don't see as possible.

Maybe you have a solution to how 7 billion plus people will live off the limited land.

Or do you believe as judycat does that those who work to provide a higher standard of living for themselves should pay for the comfort of those that don't.
 

Knight said:
Or do you believe as judycat does that those who work to provide a higher standard of living for themselves should pay for the comfort of those that don't.
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Like many people, you are convinced that most who need some type of helping hand don't even make the attempt to work as hard as poor you. I believe that is a mistake on your part.
 
Pepper said:
Like many people, you are convinced that most who need some type of helping hand don't even make the attempt to work as hard as poor you. I believe that is a mistake on your part.
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Some do, some don't. I've worked with poverty level patients and their families in long-term settings such as dialysis and home health much of my career. Some fell on hard times, but many I worked with were flat out lazy with an entitlement attitude. My part of the world is made up of mostly black and white and I've seen the latter attitudes in both. I imagine there are people like that of all races.

There's the 78 year old dialysis patient who worked full-time because he said he never could stand sitting around the house. Then there was the 23 year old very fit patient who lived with his parents, played in a softball league, had a very active social life and had zero interest in working. Asked our social worker if there were nice, free apartments for dialysis patients because he'd met a special woman and wanted to 'provide' a nice home for her.

Edit to add that after three months on dialysis, patients automatically qualify for Medicare and either SSI or SSDI depending on whether they had worked. The young man had never worked so qualified for SSI and Medicaid. All his medical bills were covered except for a few dollars copay for each prescription. He never gave his parents a dime of the SSI as far as any of us ever knew but liked his high priced athletic clothing and shoes.
 
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AnnieA said:
Some do, some don't. I've worked with poverty level patients and their families in long-term settings such as dialysis and home health much of my career. Some fell on hard times, but many I worked with were flat out lazy with an entitlement attitude. My part of the world is made up of mostly black and white and I've seen the latter attitudes in both. I imagine there are people like that of all races.

There's the 78 year old dialysis patient who worked full-time because he said he never could stand sitting around the house. Then there was the 23 year old very fit patient who lived with his parents, played in a softball league, had a very active social life and had zero interest in working. Asked our social worker if there were nice, free apartments for dialysis patients because he'd met a special woman and wanted to 'provide' a nice home for her.
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LOL with no job?
 
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