Tynan

I can see where your coming from in terms of putting the money back in the peoples hands, I even agree with one of your last posts about making all drugs legal and letting stupid people do them if they want to. The problem is, the majority of americans aren't that smart and I don't mean that to be insulting(I'm Canadian), its just the truth. And its not entirely their fault. The problem with putting the money back in the peoples hands is that that same money is being put back into the hands of large corporations who make it their job to try and manipulate people into buying their products and services. I don't mean this in a conspiracy theory way, its just the basics of advertising, one person has a product and wants others to buy it, so they make every effort to make the public buy that product. Given the trends of rising obesiety and overconsumption of goods and services, it seems like the american people lack the self discipline to really be given control of all the money they earn. All in all it can really be boiled down to one statement, do you think the average american living paycheque to paycheque is going to put money in a savings account in the off chance they might have a heart attack in 15 years, or will they use that money to buy a new plasma TV.