Ways To Stop The Recession

[Ushiku]

You can be as serious or as humorous as you like in this one.

A few of my ideas are as follows...

1. Legalise all drugs, tax them heavy and regulate them. Crime syndicates and gangs would be pretty fucked since that's the main revenue, at least in Britain... plus it'd be easier to spot addicts, more information and rehab would be available... and for the more hardcore stuff perhaps they could have them on ration so things don't get too out of hand. Of course stores that sell the harder drugs would need to have police protection or security to prevent crazy smackheads/hippies/junkies/general thrill seekers who don't even take drugs attempting to steal them.

2. Legalise prostitution, but make it compulsory for every prostitute and client to be 100% clean in the STI tests before and after sex, regulation is necessary to prevent any major outbreaks.

3. Change the economy to a supply and demand economy. It'd still trade in a capitalist way, but be more fiscally responsible by selling goods as ordered at a wholesale price (similar to cash and carries such as CostCo) whereby the goods bought can then be sold to or by retail stockists who will operate what I call Argos Economics (based on the British chain Argos where you order something and if its not in stock, they get it to you within a week) whereby they also sell via supply and demand. Wasteage and unsold products would then be unheard of, and as such stock wouldn't plummet due to speculation because it would be a pyramid system of the people that make the product/the suppliers/the customer.

4. Seize the property/goods/automobiles of criminals with 95% going towards public services, and 5% going towards the criminal paying for their own upkeep within jail (Why should paedophiles be on suicide watch when the truth is they're pretending to be suicidal so they don't get their butts kicked by the career criminals from gangs? Why should the tax payers have to pay for the upkeep of those who destroy their country?)

5. Introduce the Russian style gulags for criminals, and for jobshy chavs who live on welfare.

6. Reform benefits so only those who are orphans and live alone, widows who live alone, over 65's regardless, and disabled people regardless are eligible. That'd save the tax payer money, and root out the lazy scum who'd make good cannon fodder for proposal 5.

There's a few of my ideas, what are yours?

 

[HBK-aholic]

The first sounds good in theory, but how do you think addicts pay for their drugs now? And what you're introducing is raising costs heavily. It wouldn't stop them doing drugs, but it'd start a lot more crime to get the money they need.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

Abolishing currency would be my suggestion, but then you'd have a lifetime of working out who gets what and how much and governments can't be bothered to put that much effort in improving the quality of life for anyone but themselves so, not likely to happen i'm afraid.

 

[Ushiku]

The first sounds good in theory, but how do you think addicts pay for their drugs now? And what you're introducing is raising costs heavily. It wouldn't stop them doing drugs, but it'd start a lot more crime to get the money they need.

Since drugs are legal they could be sold at half the current street value, the only reason drugs are extortionate now is because they are illegal. Look for cheap tobacco is... you can buy decent quality home rolled stuff for around £5, and boxes of pre-made cigarettes are rather cheap too... but the majority of the money paid for the goods is tax.

Plus with money raised from tax, there would be more money and help for therapy, rehab, support groups, counselling etc.

Also those with history of drugs related crimes either trafficking, taking or stealing to feed the habit would be placed into rehab straight away and go completely cold turkey, then re-introduced into the system by working in rehab centres. What's a better way to show the harmful effects of drugs than to use those who've survived drugs to speak honestly and teach others about how it damaged their lives.

The way I see it, drugs are always going to be taken, so they may as well be regulated.

 

[FromTheSouth]

You can be as serious or as humorous as you like in this one.

Thanks for permission.

A few of my ideas are as follows...

1. Legalise all drugs, tax them heavy and regulate them. Crime syndicates and gangs would be pretty fucked since that's the main revenue, at least in Britain... plus it'd be easier to spot addicts, more information and rehab would be available... and for the more hardcore stuff perhaps they could have them on ration so things don't get too out of hand. Of course stores that sell the harder drugs would need to have police protection or security to prevent crazy smackheads/hippies/junkies/general thrill seekers who don't even take drugs attempting to steal them.

Let's make it easier to get drugs. Good idea. Then the state can pay more welfare for drug addicts. The only difference is that this time they will condone the abuse. This is another example of how lefties want the government to take more control of people. Legalize drugs, make people more stoned, get them onto welfare because they are too high to work and be productive.


Governments have spent so much time telling us how harmful drugs are. Legalizing them to raise revenue would put into question the legitimacy of everything government does. I mean, I don't think the American government is that legitimate anyway. ACORN registers 25,000 dead people to vote for a socialist candidate, and then gets billions on stimulus money. Seems like a good trade.

2. Legalise prostitution, but make it compulsory for every prostitute and client to be 100% clean in the STI tests before and after sex, regulation is necessary to prevent any major outbreaks.

I like this idea, except STD's take a while to manifest, and if a girl gets with one infected guy, it could be months before she knows, and infects God knows how many people. I don't have too big of a problem with prostitution. If some chick's only skill is sucking dick than she should have every opportunity to market that skill.

3. Change the economy to a supply and demand economy. It'd still trade in a capitalist way, but be more fiscally responsible by selling goods as ordered at a wholesale price (similar to cash and carries such as CostCo) whereby the goods bought can then be sold to or by retail stockists who will operate what I call Argos Economics (based on the British chain Argos where you order something and if its not in stock, they get it to you within a week) whereby they also sell via supply and demand. Wasteage and unsold products would then be unheard of, and as such stock wouldn't plummet due to speculation because it would be a pyramid system of the people that make the product/the suppliers/the customer.

So you're saying someone should make something, sell a lot of it to a retailer, and then the retailer should sell it to the people? This is brilliant!

Wait, this is already how it works?

I fail to see how this is any different than the current economy, which means I agree. The economic system is fine, it's the taxes that are a problem. Productivity and ingenuity are punished instead of rewarded, which limits the productivity and ingenuity of the people, and hampers the evolution of society.

4. Seize the property/goods/automobiles of criminals with 95% going towards public services, and 5% going towards the criminal paying for their own upkeep within jail (Why should paedophiles be on suicide watch when the truth is they're pretending to be suicidal so they don't get their butts kicked by the career criminals from gangs? Why should the tax payers have to pay for the upkeep of those who destroy their country?)

Because everyone should have to buy a new car after paying their debt to society? If someone gets a three year sentence for burglary get everything taken from them? This seems a little cruel and unusual. They commit a crime, and go to a jail for an amount of time that is determined by the government to restrict liberty in accordance to the property taken. Adding to that undermines the social contract, which leads to weakened social order. If you take a criminals car, house, clothes, jewelery, etc., what do you think they are going to do when they get out? You're right. A vicious cycle is all that's created.

5. Introduce the Russian style gulags for criminals, and for jobshy chavs who live on welfare.

Many welfare recipients are employed, and jsut need some help due to a lack of education. Now, I think we should take the other 80% and put them in jail for stealing from the government. Gulags work though. Either way, as long as the moochers suffer.

6. Reform benefits so only those who are orphans and live alone, widows who live alone, over 65's regardless, and disabled people regardless are eligible. That'd save the tax payer money, and root out the lazy scum who'd make good cannon fodder for proposal 5.

But that would be mean to minorities and would make lefties pander. That pandering is punishment to us all.

There's a few of my ideas, what are yours?

Glad you asked.

1. Let companies fail. If GM can't pay their bills, fuck em. Let that company die. It only serves to bolster the unions anyway...

2. Eliminate all anti-trust legislation. Unions were formed to protect worker safety. Since OSHA was established, the unions focus has changed. It is now about getting ridiculous benefits for the employees and blocking non union members from working. If I was in charge of GM, I would give everyone one week to proclaim the end of their association with the union. I would fire everyone who refused. I would then fill the company with non union labor and shoot fire hoses and rubber bullets at the protestors until they left. I would put the employees smoking area right in front of the picketers and force them to look at the people who are so happy to get jobs.

3. Stop giving money to Africa. Hundreds of billions of dollars go to helping Africa every year. I would rather this money come from private donations. Take the money we send to Africa and fix our own problems. You don't stop your house from flooding by fixing the pipes next door.

4. Reform welfare to where if someone doesn't work, they lose their welfare and their kids. Provide childcare for welfare mothers to have their children watched while they work. Keep these places open 24 hours. Also, only extend benefits to the third child. You can have all 11 of your children, but you are only getting tax payer money for three of them. And, if we come by, and see that you have 11 malnourished children, you will have no children and go to jail at a rate of $25 a day until every penny of the welfare money you took was paid.

 

[Ushiku]

1. That's why current problem addicts who are known for using crime to fund their habit would have to go cold turkey in rehab centres, and then work in the centres as living proof of how drugs can fuck people up.

2. True the results take a little bit longer than if somebody went to the current illegal prostitutes, but better safe than sorry right?

3. It is different because now speculation exists on prospective stock, based on units/goods don't actually exist physically. You can't speculate on a supply and demand economy because there's nothing to speculate on since its a pyramid system that slots evenly in place.

4. Those who've done minor crimes such as non-armed bulgarly just pay back what they've stolen via work in the gulag. But those whose money comes from protection rackets/violence/mob hits/drugs/turf wars and have a huge wealth of property and money should have their property seized since such things destroy society. I've been to college in a ghetto as oddly it was the best one in Manchester, England. Its weird since its a good college yet its surrounding area is really screwed up, I can see why the Queen invited some of its its students and Principal to Buckingham Palace rather than her visit the area. The point being I know what a ghetto can be like, we had security at the college and we were told not to go out unless in a large group.

5. I mean the moochers too, those who get work-based tax credit I'm all for since at least they're working, so either increase their wages to the level that they don't need tax credit or abolish tax credit works for me.

6. The lefties will always find something to complain about, as will the righties... fuck it people in general love to complain and debate when it comes to politics.

As for yours.

1. Agreed: economics, technology and enterprise are all about innovation. I don't see the point in propping up any companies. Banks being rescued are more understandable, but even then I don't believe banks should do anything other than be places to hold money and lend money to those with a trusted credit rating (with none of that 28.1% APR bullshit), they have no place in the stock market because its the people that suffer, whilst the fat cats still get their huge payouts for failure.

2. Unions are often corrupt anyway, there was a huge Unionist in the UK Arthur Scargill in the 80's who has now pretty much disappeared off the radar.

3. Agreed, African countries are unfortunately war torn and corrupt. They're comparable to WCW, they soak up funds and will eventually implode. Except that besides backstage politics WCW actually was entertaining in terms of what it put out in matches in the 90's. I'm sick of seeing fake ass student hippies campaigning for Africa and other charities when they get paid to sit on their high horse. If they care that much, how about helping out a charity for free instead of harassing shoppers on the main street in Manchester? Humanitarian aid is useless when so many people die anyway and the regimes are corrupt.

4. I love your idea for this one.

 

[Big J]

Close the borders, Deport ALL illegal aliens, Cut waste and fraud in welfare, medicare and all other govt programs.

CUT TAXES FOR EVERYONE!!!!!! payroll taxes, property taxes, suspend the gas tax for 6 months etc. People (or businesses) with money will spend it and the economy will improve.

Let banks redo loans to people who are having trouble ONE TIME ONLY. If the bank redoes the loan and you still don't pay you STILL LOSE YOUR HOUSE, one strike and your out.

obama won't let any of that happen because he is a SOCIALIST!!!!