1970-01-01 2 hours ago

Ok, it's a national security risk. Now what? What are steps 2 and 3 in combating this existential risk? I see only 1 viable option: Start digging now and move the entire population underground.

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serial_dev 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Step 2, higher taxes for you.

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markdown 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One would hope so.

Unfortunately people are too short-sighted and selfish so it's unlikely taxes will be raised.

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bigbadfeline an hour ago | parent [-]

> Unfortunately people are too short-sighted and selfish so it's unlikely taxes will be raised.

I'm curious how the long-sighted and altruistic are going to restore the weakening currents to their best strength. Could you start with how much voluntary tax you're going to contribute, what sort of tax scheme you'd recommend for the rest and how these contributions will affect the currents?

Preferably, a step by step explanation, like an llm-R model would produce.

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afavour an hour ago | parent [-]

> going to restore the weakening currents to their best strength

Wouldn’t the more likely scenario be working out how the country will weather (pun intended) the huge change rather than trying to reverse the inevitable?

Either way I imagine step one there is research. Which costs money. “Don’t spend a penny until an incredibly detailed step by step plan arrives from nowhere” doesn’t strike me as a plan for success.

	▲	bigbadfeline 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Either way I imagine step one there is research. Which costs money. To quote myself, the important part here is "how much voluntary tax you're going to contribute" and "what sort of tax scheme you'd recommend for the rest" On the flip side Quick, the sky is falling, tax everybody for "research" is going to fly like a lead balloon. Don't fret at the messenger, it's politics 101... > “Don’t spend a penny until an incredibly detailed step by step plan arrives from nowhere” "Don’t spend a penny" and "don't increase taxes by an unspecified amount and undefined distribution of tax load" are two vastly different statements, I did not author the first one of these.

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bongodongobob an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

If you're broke just get a better job bro.