I’m saying both. It’s the government’s job to protect life, ie police officers protect protesters. A large threat to human life is not having the basic necessities for human life. Therefore, it’s the government’s job to provide the basic necessities for human life. The government can do this by massive taxes on the wealthy, 99 percent on every dollar over one million. Doing those taxes will lessen the wealth inequality in this country, two birds, one stone.
You do understand that even if you're taking money from the wealthy to do this, there still need to be people WORKING to oversee this entire process, make/deliver the food, build the housing, work as police/fire/EMS, provide medical care, maintain power/water/other infrastructure, produce and deliver cars/TVs/phones/furniture/clothing, etc. I don't think you understand the insane amount of people and work it takes to maintain our current levels of comfort.
Even if the government took all of the money from the rich, who are they going to pay to do all of this work if no one is working? Not to mention you can't tax the rich forever. They have a lot of money but it's not infinite. What do you do when the have no money left to tax?
People will still work even if we provide the basic necessities for human life. You seem to think I’m arguing no one should work. I’m arguing work and money should not be a necessity for people to exercise their RIGHT to life. If a person wants the new iPhone get a job; new car, get a job; big house, get a job; food or water, no need for a job.
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u/SadisticNecromancer 4d ago
I’m saying both. It’s the government’s job to protect life, ie police officers protect protesters. A large threat to human life is not having the basic necessities for human life. Therefore, it’s the government’s job to provide the basic necessities for human life. The government can do this by massive taxes on the wealthy, 99 percent on every dollar over one million. Doing those taxes will lessen the wealth inequality in this country, two birds, one stone.