Ideally it's the family/community's job. Basic human social unit sizes are individual (1), band (about 12), and village (about 200). The current system subverts this human optimum by giving us two choices: individual (1) or state (too many). cn
It's also not the governments job to raise food prices, clothes prices and medical costs (inflation) to a point where they become unreasonable.
so long as we live in the culture of the seventeen hundreds, bands and villiages can suffice. Fast forward to a 21st century society and culture and you find that the villiage is no longer able to support the needs let alone the wants of individuals. The villiage cannot afford an MRI or CT machine, they do not support the population needed to build super highways or the facilities to create and maintain super tankers and airports let along all of the other requirements we now have in order to maintain our culture. If we want to progress as a civilization we will need universities and centers of commerce that go far beyond villiages or even cities.
I'm not promoting Luddism. But for a healthier society we need to find some ways to promote squad- and village-sized units to which an individual can give allegiance and receive support. The "how" is beyond me however. I am also not removing the place of larger groups (cities, counties, states, big companies) which can indeed carry the costs of, say, that MRI or semiconductor fab. cn
If some store is allowing people to buy cigarettes then that store is doing something illegal... and if you are FORCED to work as a cashier I think you should know the reason behind being poor first hand.
what we have now is still better than most but yes, most definitely, it could be improved.
Only reason i'm forced to cashier is when people call out sick. Also i work in a supermarket chain that is nationwide so no, nothing illegal about it.
Hell I knew you were wrong the minute you told the lie.. You can't buy cigarettes with food stamps...and again if you are FORCED to work as a cashier you should know what it is like to be poor.
Either way it's a government handout that needs to be taken away. And acquiring pieces of paper with ink on it isn't my life goal. Yes technically I'm poor. Buy ya know what? I'm ok with being poor.
That is a big IF.
Like i said i already grow 80% my own food. I produce probably 60% of my electricity. And I clean/drink rain water.
Don't worry, your job will be performed by a machine soon enough.
That's great for you, you aren't the average poor person. Tough to grow a garden in a housing project surrounded by concrete. If you're poor how did you afford the upfront cost to produce your own electricity?
I know it will. That's why I'm learning everything i can now. Me and the misses started hitting up tag sales and selling the stuff on ebay. We actually make a decent amount of money doing it.
Medical care, your use for money is prolonging your life or being in less pain or discomfort. While growing your own herbs may further that goal, those herbs aren't going to do the same as our modern medicine can - Pot, while it has some advantages, is not a cure all.
That is true, but on the other hand. If people choose to live on there own as far as growing food and or pot that is there choice. On the other hand, if you like nice things then you have to work for them..
I work a job. And actually you can trade those things. It's called the barter system.