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What percentage of people who want the freedom to ignore virus precautions do you think are also willing to pay to subsidize others staying home? I'm not optimi
by blacksqr 6y ago
What percentage of people who want the freedom to ignore virus precautions do you think are also willing to pay to subsidize others staying home? I'm not optimistic it would be large.
The solution you suggest would be equivalent to a permanent Red Hour, with those bent on damaging themselves and others roaming the streets at will, while those with any sense cringe helplessly indoors, starving to death. "Nuanced" is not the word I would use to describe it.
- textgel 6y agoThe same ones that are already paying for the current financial safety nets; it would be just a case of switching the money from those over to taking care of those at risk. Provided the risks are understood (although I would like real data on long term covid effects before continuing) the solution would effectively bring us back to pre covid society.
- blacksqr 6y ago> The same ones that are already paying for the current financial safety nets Those who are currently paying for safety nets are doing so by compulsory taxes. If left up to their choice, as above poster suggests, why should anyone expect them to continue paying at the same rate?
- textgel 6y agoBecause it likely wouldn't be left up to choice, it would be from a tax in the same way the aforementioned financial safety nets are.
- harambae 6y agoWhat's a "Red Hour"? (Duckduckgo-ing didn't help, unless you mean the Ben Stiller production company)
- blacksqr 6y ago"The name was derived from a 1967 Star Trek episode, 'The Return of the Archons', which features a scheduled alien riot." [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hour_Productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hour_Productions