But money isn’t inherently evil, just a medium of exchange…
GG
i disagree, for some reason we consider the accumulation of money to be our prime reason for existence. The money buys us stuff to attempt to make us happy. Why should money make us happy? I dont get it, people do messed up stuff just for money.
Money doesn’t tell you what to do. People think that money tells you what to do and live like that.
But Money is an object, not a sentient being like people.
money is more than an object, its an idea almost. Payment for something. Didnt communists not want money per se. Before minted coin people still had wealth, i.e. money and did terrible things to accumulate wealth, i.e. money. Their land or crops or animals or possesions were their money back then, it wasnt only one object, it was many. The medium of exchange is the idea behind money, and that idea is that either you owe me for something or i owe you. Couldnt it just be in the utopian sense a favor for favor or no payment at all just people happy to help others. Money is what destroys the dreams of a utopian society. I fully believe to be a complete person you must do like jesus or buddha, give away your possesions and free yourself of the bondage of the desire for wealth.
We as humna beings, are naturally selfish. Some more than others.
If we train ourselves to take what is needed, and in moderation, the things we want. Money and wealth no longer become an issue.
Instead, the heart of the issue is the human heart (by heart I mean the state of mind and conscience which in turn lead to action).
Everything begins in the heart. You think it, then you say it. “Urges” and “Drives” can all be toned down and controlled by the state of mind you are in. Train the heart, and you will have conquered the body.
(Sorry for dragging this off topic……Please continue).
@Imperious:
Oh yea forgot the add the worst thing (pet peeve really)
- property tax their is no reason why i should pay every year for something i own… i can understand a tax on sale, but not during ownership
- parking meters no reason why i should have to pay to maintain a car on a public street while i am transacting business which i pay a sales tax for.
I just want to point out that 100% of your property tax is supposed to go to fund your local schools. (Local Elementary, Local Jr. High/Middle, Local High School) and is to be used for no other purpose, allegedly.
So your property tax, even if you have no kids of your own, go to allegedly better society by education the other children. It’s probably the only tax other then sales tax I can actually say is a good thing.
I really don’t like the whole property tax BS, but the one that really gets my blood runnin’ hot is School Tax.
I have NO kids. Probably won’t have any, either. Why the heck should I have to pay for something I get nothing out of? In addition, I am very much against the evolution curriculum (but that’s for another thread), and I am also against the schools teaching homosexuality from a condoning POV (also for another thread). So, I’m paying for the public school system to teach my area children two things I highly disagree with. I think it’s total BS……but probably not the worst invention ever. :-D
That distinction might just be video games. 8-)
WHOA!!! :-o What the hell did he just say? :-o
Now, hear me out. I’ll be the first to admit that they’re alot of fun and I have spent alot of time playing them (still play PC games once in a while), so at least I’m honest about it. :-D But when alot of us were kids, we spent more time playing games OUTSIDE, like street hockey, two-hand touch football, (or tackle 8-))….or other stuff like that. We actually spent more time away from the tv than today’s kids spend in front of it. I think they have far too much Vidgame time…most parents don’t want to make the effort to send the kids outside to play. My neighborhood (and most of yours too, I’m sure) were full of kids playing all kinds of games and whatnot outside from sunup to sundown almost every day it was nice enough to do so. Don’t see kids doing much of that at all anymore.
And if video games aren’t the problem, then lazy parents are.
And if y’all don’t like that one either, then how about Oral Reports/Final Essays? I hated those with a passion. :-P
Rob.
If we are talking taxes… here is one that several Counties in Pennsylvania have…
Occupational Assessment Tax.
It is a tax based on your job TITLE.
If you are in “sales”, then that includes Wal Mart cashiers AND Lexus Salesmen. Both pay the same exact dollar amount based on their job title.
And goddess forbid if some poor retail manager puts down “management” as their title, then they get taxed the same as CEO’s.
When I was in speciality retail management, I listed as “sales”, and my tax was equal to 2 weeks GROSS pay.
Another fun PA tax is the Occupational Priveledge Tax.
Isn’t all that much $$$, relatively speaking……but c’mon, man. They tax us on the priveledge of working in PA.
Far out.
Rob.
I would calculate my taxes, not pay those two, and tell them to slug it out in court if they think it’s worth it. (I know I’d lose, but by and far it IS an un-reasonable tax that is solely aimed at filling the states’ coffers……and to what end?).
Btw, the correct term for “Public Schools” is “Government Indoctrination Center.”
money isnt evil, its necessary as a medium of exchange. without money, how can you equivalently trade goods and services? if i make chairs, and you make coats, and i need a coat, all i can do is give you a chair in exchange. but what if you dont need a chair? i need to find other people to trade with, and further, how many chairs equal a coat? how could we function without money?
My point exactly… Is the Chair evil? No, but you would rather have the money then the chair…
GG
Every invention man has made, had potential to be a great invention. Its just the way man ended up using it that made most inventions bad.
indeed, everything can be good or bad, just how we use it. Great, i’m not optimistic.
Yes, all man made objects can be used for good and bad, but which are worst? We all know sliced bread is the best! (After all, how are you going to committ evil on the world with sliced bread? That’s rhetorical, don’t post because I’m sure the Wonder Bread Executives would use that information to take over the world!)
For those of you who may have ever listened to Radio KAOS, Roger Waters believes that the WHEEL is the worst invention :-)
you could stuff slices of bread down peoples throats and they would choke to death on them. Or you could get the bread really really stale, real hard, and get a army of people to beat other people with them. You could poison the bread. Maybe sliced bread is the worst invention ever. Its everywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCaBCdJWOyM
for those who were talking about the TV earlier alot of what is said can be wrapped up in what Edward R Murrow said, portrayed in the Movie “Good Night and Good Luck”…
GG
i would say that one of the worst inventions would be the Tamagotci… A ´big waste of peoples inginuity…
The condom.
The people that are smart enough to use it are the people that are not procreating.
What is the natural consequence?
Why, that you will have the priviledge of eating sliced bread in your chair while watching television, while the government grows due to uncontrolled spending. And perhaps you will enjoy some condom-free secks later.
And is that REALLY so bad?
Or . . . is it . . . (dun dun dun)!
I disagree with your belief there… Although a parent is the one of the most influential characters in a child’s early development, that doesn’t mean any child born under any consequence is destined to grow up and make the same mistakes of the parent, history has proven that over and again… The governments growth is not because of welfare it is because they have been given to many unchecked allowances that we need to take control of, then with a more firm control we could regulate or abolish welfare (provided we give all those “idiots” jobs, maybe something better then killing them off)…
(Self-Editted for reasons mentioned below)
GG
