Originally Posted by
Palin Rider
Okay, here's the context (again):
Consider an adult individual in the US, optionally with a spouse and a kid or two. Suppose this individual has an income, from some unspecified source, of $700K per year. Suppose further this individual is allowed to spend this income only on personal and family expenses.
Now, supposing that this individual spends this money "reasonably," by which I mean it's not used to purchase, for example, 30 tons of peaches (which the family could not possibly eat before they spoil).
That context should make the yearly income of $700K more than enough for just about anybody, correct?
No. It's not enough because 'just about anybody' is a very simple way of categorizing people. In your mamby-pamby land, sure...but in the real world, where houses cost MILLIONS, in some of our larger cities, $700,000 may NOT be enough. That figure may not account for savings, investments, education, etc.
Are you saying that everybody is entitled to whatever arbitrary system of morality that they think is "right?" Scary idea...
Sure. People are FREE to make whatever value or assessment of morality they choose. If you think that's scary you might be a fascist.
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