This is the Answer to Everything, since Obama wants Fairness

A radical idea is suggested in this video, emphasizing the importance of labor over money. It suggests that everyone who does not work at least 6 hours a week should now do so as a form of non-monetary tax to the government. In this way, it attacks both the rich lazy bums and the poor lazy bums, rather than just one group or the other.

Six hours a week seems obscenely low, but at least it's a start. I'm not the hardest worker in the world or anything, but at least I put in my 40 hours, and try to do my best for my employer during that time.

I expect this idea to appeal neither to the right nor the left. Conservatives will protest the government interference, and liberals will protest a percieved lack of compassion in the idea of forced labor. But such is life.

Hopefully nobody looked at this video as some sort of Grand Unification Theory hypothesis that you'd observe in experimental physics. I don't believe physics can answer everything.

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[truemisto]

an abundance of labor devalues labor much as currencies may become devalued via inflation, we already see this. a lack of enforced international labor and wage standards means capital can frequently choose from the lowest bidders to do its labor, rather than a laborer choosing the most generous capital holder to serve. attempting to force more labor into an already saturated market is likely to only have further adverse effects. but at least you are thinking!

[theboombody]

@truemisto That's a good point, especially now that we have machines that are able to do so much labor these days. This forced labor would probably not serve too many needs. It would take care of the easier non-essential stuff, like making brushes, making paints, and then painting neighborhood fences. I think it's a better option than paying people to do nothing.

[theboombody]

@truemisto Plus I'm not sure the labor market is truly saturated. I think businesses could use a lot more staffing. The problem is there is a lot of taxation and regulation out there that makes hiring more people out of their financial reach.