[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JuanP', 'h')omes, have no mortgages, and many have a beach house and/or a farm or countryside place, too.

[REAL Green]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', 'A') random street view in montevideo, with metal bars in front of every window doesn't convince me that uruguay is the paradise you claim it to be...A quick search in montevideo showed numerous private clinics. It seems that the free healthcare is worth as much as you pay for and everybody who can afford it goes (and pays) in private clinics.

[Ibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '
')
I agree completely that the best way to reduce production would be a smaller work week. If you could get people to universally use the time productively instead of getting bored and doing massively stupid things with the time, the result could be fantastic. Can that happen in the US? The jury is still out.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', '
')Over consumption is directly related to overwork. Not primarily because you have more money to spend but rather because consumption becomes your compensation for being harnessed to work.

[JuanP]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JuanP', 'h')omes, have no mortgages, and many have a beach house and/or a farm or countryside place, too.

[Subjectivist]

Really I don't think it would be that difficult for the federal government to impose a porn tax on the internet. It would be a simple exercise to track what web addresses supply porn to consumers and bill the people who go to those sites with a very small transaction tax. Most of those sites are pay per view with a few exceptions and require visitors to log in a valid credit card. The feds could just automatically charge the credit cards with a IP tax of a few cents per visit.

Really all the work would be in setting up the system, after that the software would collect the tax automatically.

For those sites that are actually free, well no transaction is taking place as they are mostly just teaser sites advertising for a subscription service to get more "hard core" entertainment from paying customers.

It is sort of like the proposal that floats up every few years for an email transaction fee to be paid to the USPS because the emails are transmitted over federally funded communication networks, at least in part.

[ROCKMAN]

Sub - When subjects such as this pop up I'm always reminded of a line from an old comedian...Red Foxx. Asked if he believed in "free sex" he said no. But he did feel it should be reasonably priced.

[kublikhan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Subjectivist', 'R')eally I don't think it would be that difficult for the federal government to impose a porn tax on the internet. It would be a simple exercise to track what web addresses supply porn to consumers and bill the people who go to those sites with a very small transaction tax. Most of those sites are pay per view with a few exceptions and require visitors to log in a valid credit card. The feds could just automatically charge the credit cards with a IP tax of a few cents per visit.

Really all the work would be in setting up the system, after that the software would collect the tax automatically.

For those sites that are actually free, well no transaction is taking place as they are mostly just teaser sites advertising for a subscription service to get more "hard core" entertainment from paying customers.

It is sort of like the proposal that floats up every few years for an email transaction fee to be paid to the USPS because the emails are transmitted over federally funded communication networks, at least in part.

[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JuanP', '
')
One random street view of one specific place is not representative of a nation in any way.
I could show you millions of views of the United States that are worse than anything you could possibly find anywhere in Uruguay, and I am not exaggerating; I mean that literally.

[JuanP]

Your comment is simply not worth replying to, Mousepad. Like I said, enjoy YOUR opinions.

[mousepad]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JuanP', 'Y')our comment is simply not worth replying to, Mousepad. Like I said, enjoy YOUR opinions.

[JuanP]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mousepad', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JuanP', 'Y')our comment is simply not worth replying to, Mousepad. Like I said, enjoy YOUR opinions.