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I think a cap on private sector workers income would save more money, there are many more of them and many of them have unimportant jobs. If the government just

I think a cap on private sector workers income would save more money, there are many more of them and many of them have unimportant jobs. If the government just capped their incomes at 100K a month we could pay off all national debt in months.

nodesocket 8y ago
Ummm no, private sector should be able to pay whatever they want. The only reason I am suggesting a cap is because these pensions are taxpayer funded. Socialist Hacker News strikes again.
- bannedaccount 8y ago
  Provide an argument about why government workers are worth less then private workers? Defense is taxpayer funded should we cap pensions at Boeing? They make much more then government workers too, why aren't you suggesting that? I think it's just simple realism, not ideologically driven.
randyrand 8y ago
private sector is not paid from public tax dollars.
- bannedaccount 8y ago
  Actually you are 100% wrong, Defense is funded with taxpayer dollars. The internet was invented and maintained with taxpayer dollars, the whole private sector is feeding off free goods created by the government. Why shouldn't the government negotiate? That only seems fair.
  - cocoablazing 8y ago
    The whole private sector is feeding off taxpayer dollars —that came from the private sector. Your comments regarding this are nonsensical.
    - bannedaccount 8y ago
      This isn't even an argument.
colemannugent 8y ago
>If the government just capped their incomes at 100K a month we could pay off all national debt in months. The government would be quickly replaced with one who would undo this change. Nobody would support it. This is so ridiculous I think you're trolling.
- closeparen 8y ago
  That may be true, but if the .1% of households making more than $1m/year can obviously and unquestionably overthrow the government, we may as well dispense with any pretense of democracy.
DesiLurker 8y ago
you are trolling. go away!
- bannedaccount 8y ago
  I really don't understand for this is trolling in China they do stuff like this all the time and it's very effective, I just think we need to discuses these things openly. I see it as inevitable that something like this happens, the sky high salaries paid to private sector who add no appreciable value to society is unsustainable.

nodesocket 8y ago

Ummm no, private sector should be able to pay whatever they want. The only reason I am suggesting a cap is because these pensions are taxpayer funded. Socialist Hacker News strikes again.

bannedaccount 8y ago
Provide an argument about why government workers are worth less then private workers? Defense is taxpayer funded should we cap pensions at Boeing? They make much more then government workers too, why aren't you suggesting that? I think it's just simple realism, not ideologically driven.

randyrand 8y ago

private sector is not paid from public tax dollars.

bannedaccount 8y ago
Actually you are 100% wrong, Defense is funded with taxpayer dollars. The internet was invented and maintained with taxpayer dollars, the whole private sector is feeding off free goods created by the government. Why shouldn't the government negotiate? That only seems fair.
- cocoablazing 8y ago
  The whole private sector is feeding off taxpayer dollars —that came from the private sector. Your comments regarding this are nonsensical.
  - bannedaccount 8y ago
    This isn't even an argument.

colemannugent 8y ago

>If the government just capped their incomes at 100K a month we could pay off all national debt in months. The government would be quickly replaced with one who would undo this change. Nobody would support it. This is so ridiculous I think you're trolling.

closeparen 8y ago
That may be true, but if the .1% of households making more than $1m/year can obviously and unquestionably overthrow the government, we may as well dispense with any pretense of democracy.

DesiLurker 8y ago

you are trolling. go away!

bannedaccount 8y ago
I really don't understand for this is trolling in China they do stuff like this all the time and it's very effective, I just think we need to discuses these things openly. I see it as inevitable that something like this happens, the sky high salaries paid to private sector who add no appreciable value to society is unsustainable.