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Yesterday I heard on the tv or radio I heard the metric "€/vote" as if a vote was product.

problems 9y ago
Probably trying to generate something similar to the "cost per conversion" numbers used in advertising. Nothing particularly nefarious about it.
jorvi 9y ago
I read on another HN thread that the top 25% pays 90% of taxes. Made me grok why governments will never really care about the poor pretty clearly. It's harsh, but for cities or even countries the bottom xx% is a net drain.
- Shikadi 9y ago
  The top 25% would be broke if the bottom 75% couldn't afford their products and services
- BatFastard 9y ago
  But the bottom 90% do the labor that earns that top 1% all the money.
  - madengr 9y ago
    But the top 1% provide the jobs. Unless the bottom 90% collectively strike, or you "nationalize" everything (that works really well /s), what ya gonna do about it?
    - BatFastard 9y ago
      Do they really "provide the jobs" the companies they own provide them. VERY few of those people are critical to the companies they own.
      - madengr 9y ago
        I agree, at least once the company is well established, but they do own them. If you nationalize them, or somehow make it so the company "serves the greater good", rather than the interests of it's owners, the results are disasterous. It's playing out in Venezuela now.
  - pixl97 9y ago
    Until AI and robots start doing it, then you'll have to worry about the fate of the bottom
    - BatFastard 9y ago
      If we wait that long there will be rioting in the streets around the world. Better to consider things ahead of time
walterstucco 9y ago
it is, but in a slightly different way: I know that in Italy every vote equals something like 4 euros from public funds to the party I gave it to. So if I want to help that party to continue going on by voting it it is the same than giving them ~4 euros (money that come from my taxes). Nothing different from crowdfunding, but public. What's the problem?

Probably trying to generate something similar to the "cost per conversion" numbers used in advertising. Nothing particularly nefarious about it.

jorvi 9y ago

I read on another HN thread that the top 25% pays 90% of taxes. Made me grok why governments will never really care about the poor pretty clearly. It's harsh, but for cities or even countries the bottom xx% is a net drain.

Shikadi 9y ago
The top 25% would be broke if the bottom 75% couldn't afford their products and services
BatFastard 9y ago
But the bottom 90% do the labor that earns that top 1% all the money.
- madengr 9y ago
  But the top 1% provide the jobs. Unless the bottom 90% collectively strike, or you "nationalize" everything (that works really well /s), what ya gonna do about it?
  - BatFastard 9y ago
    Do they really "provide the jobs" the companies they own provide them. VERY few of those people are critical to the companies they own.
    - madengr 9y ago
      I agree, at least once the company is well established, but they do own them. If you nationalize them, or somehow make it so the company "serves the greater good", rather than the interests of it's owners, the results are disasterous. It's playing out in Venezuela now.
- pixl97 9y ago
  Until AI and robots start doing it, then you'll have to worry about the fate of the bottom
  - BatFastard 9y ago
    If we wait that long there will be rioting in the streets around the world. Better to consider things ahead of time

walterstucco 9y ago

it is, but in a slightly different way: I know that in Italy every vote equals something like 4 euros from public funds to the party I gave it to. So if I want to help that party to continue going on by voting it it is the same than giving them ~4 euros (money that come from my taxes). Nothing different from crowdfunding, but public. What's the problem?