To Work or Not To Work.....

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....THAT is the question.

Here is the scenario.....

Option A: You are provided with a sufficient financial endowment to ensure that you are capable of living your chosen lifestyle for the rest of your life BUT you cannot hold any meaningful job to increase your lifestyle or bring in additional money. You may partake in hobbies or interests of your own but they cannot create any physical or intellectual property for distribution to othesr.

Option B: You can be guaranteed to work for the rest of your life but your income is liminted to only whatever level your physical and mental skills can directly earn for you.

To Work or Not to Work..... You Decide.
 
....THAT is the question.

Here is the scenario.....

Option A: You are provided with a sufficient financial endowment to ensure that you are capable of living your chosen lifestyle for the rest of your life BUT you cannot hold any meaningful job to increase your lifestyle or bring in additional money. You may partake in hobbies or interests of your own but they cannot create any physical or intellectual property for distribution to othesr.

Option B: You can be guaranteed to work for the rest of your life but your income is liminted to only whatever level your physical and mental skills can directly earn for you.

To Work or Not to Work..... You Decide.
You're a fucking idiot.
What does this have to do with 'Current Events'?
Let me guess. You're either a LIB or a Libertarian. You are presently fucking stoned.
What's the matter? Got tired of jacking off?
Oh ya. One last thing........you're on permanent ignore.
 
Option A sounds like retirement after completeing Option B. I'll call that Option C and go with that.


 
....THAT is the question.

Here is the scenario.....

Option A: You are provided with a sufficient financial endowment to ensure that you are capable of living your chosen lifestyle for the rest of your life BUT you cannot hold any meaningful job to increase your lifestyle or bring in additional money. You may partake in hobbies or interests of your own but they cannot create any physical or intellectual property for distribution to othesr.

Option B: You can be guaranteed to work for the rest of your life but your income is liminted to only whatever level your physical and mental skills can directly earn for you.

To Work or Not to Work..... You Decide.

I'll take Option A.

I'm not driven, and my kids are both very well off and self sufficient.
 
Option A: You are provided with a sufficient financial endowment to ensure that you are capable of living your chosen lifestyle for the rest of your life BUT you cannot hold any meaningful job to increase your lifestyle or bring in additional money. You may partake in hobbies or interests of your own but they cannot create any physical or intellectual property for distribution to othesr.

Why not have both? :2up:
 
Option A sounds like retirement after completeing Option B. I'll call that Option C and go with that.

How many people do you know who can live the lifestyle they would truly prefer when they retire. I sure don't know many.
I do.
Eat anything I want. Go anywhere in the world I want. Spend as much on my hobbies as I want. Live in whatever home I want. Drive my 2004 'Mass' wherever/whenever I want. (I should not have spent the $ on the 'Tubi' package last year!)
And all I had to do was get a good education, which meant I could get a good paying job. I went to work every work day. I didn't blow money on booze and drugs. I never got into any kind of trouble with the law. I tithed and gave to charities and did volunteer work. And now I still have money left over to help those less fortunate.
Pretty fucking simple really.
I have ZERO tolerance for anyone who has no conscious, no morals. All the money in the world can't buy these basic qualities.
 
Option A sounds like retirement after completeing Option B. I'll call that Option C and go with that.

How many people do you know who can live the lifestyle they would truly prefer when they retire. I sure don't know many.

I think I could. I only need telephone, internet and a nearby free tennis court.
 
Why not have both? :2up:

Part of the concept is to see how people consider their financial livelihoods....

For example, the only reason I work for a living is because otherwise my bills go unpaid. Without a job I'm homeless, starving and have nothing to wear. I don't even have a means of transportation if I don't have a job. Offered the opportunity for Option A, I'd take it in a nanosecond. It would offer me the opportunity to do many of the things I LIKE to do, rather than the work I HAVE to do.

On the other hand, my father would likely have selected Option B, because he had that sort of driven personality where he just couldn't stop. He worked overtime long after he and my mother no longer needed that extra money or his job needed the extra time. In fact he took on extra responsibilities at work just to fill that extra time. He would not have truly been content if he'd lived long enough to actually retire.
 
The part of the equation I am not seeing discussed is what % of wages do you get to keep with plan B.

As an intelligent individual I would think one would always opt for plan A.

Seems like the reason most of us work is so we can have a lavish lifestyle.

When given a choice most people want to benefit from the fruits of their own labors without being tied to a class.

I would like to think that this is one of the reasons for failing unions in our current society.
 
Option A sounds like retirement after completeing Option B. I'll call that Option C and go with that.

How many people do you know who can live the lifestyle they would truly prefer when they retire. I sure don't know many.

Has no bearing on their earning capacity or lack there of. more like poor planning in life for retirement ...............
 
The part of the equation I am not seeing discussed is what % of wages do you get to keep with plan B.

As an intelligent individual I would think one would always opt for plan A.

Seems like the reason most of us work is so we can have a lavish lifestyle.

When given a choice most people want to benefit from the fruits of their own labors without being tied to a class.

I would like to think that this is one of the reasons for failing unions in our current society.

Taxes would be the same as they are in the USA currently. I would think most individuals would choose Option A, but I've seen many choose B when offered a similar opportunity. I would suggest the reason most people work is to pay their bills, and little more than that. I find that most people want to do as little as possible to get by unless they truly believe they can be "rich" by putting in marginally more effort. Most people (including myself) arent interested in putting in the time or effort necessary to be extremely successful.
 
Why not have both? :2up:

Part of the concept is to see how people consider their financial livelihoods....

For example, the only reason I work for a living is because otherwise my bills go unpaid. Without a job I'm homeless, starving and have nothing to wear. I don't even have a means of transportation if I don't have a job. Offered the opportunity for Option A, I'd take it in a nanosecond. It would offer me the opportunity to do many of the things I LIKE to do, rather than the work I HAVE to do.

On the other hand, my father would likely have selected Option B, because he had that sort of driven personality where he just couldn't stop. He worked overtime long after he and my mother no longer needed that extra money or his job needed the extra time. In fact he took on extra responsibilities at work just to fill that extra time. He would not have truly been content if he'd lived long enough to actually retire.

Also, in my opinion that sometimes necessary to look to the future, not only the "current events" or "thousands of years ago" should be taken into account. Most people to demand the favorable perspective is. But for this need, must to be the faith. Not very a lot, just little faith, because there is the facts, which can be base.
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Sir:

It seems to me that the phrase in your post (Subparagraph A)....."your chosen lifestyle"....is a problem for the conundrum you propose.

My "chosen lifestyle" would be along the lines of a rich handsome Hollywood actor, and I would gladly retire if I could promptly receive the "endowment" that will accommodate me.

Let me "chose my lifestyle" and you provide that endowment I'll need and I will chose A every time.
 
Option A sounds like retirement after completeing Option B. I'll call that Option C and go with that.

How many people do you know who can live the lifestyle they would truly prefer when they retire. I sure don't know many.

I see one every time I look in the mirror.

Prepared for it by working for an excellent employer for nearly forty years.
 
Well, for those fortunate enough to have the health to enjoy their years past three score and ten, individual personality determines what options will make their lives happy. Not just two silly options, but an infinity of options and sub-options.
 
Sir:

It seems to me that the phrase in your post (Subparagraph A)....."your chosen lifestyle"....is a problem for the conundrum you propose.

My "chosen lifestyle" would be along the lines of a rich handsome Hollywood actor, and I would gladly retire if I could promptly receive the "endowment" that will accommodate me.

Let me "chose my lifestyle" and you provide that endowment I'll need and I will chose A every time.

That us,exactly what it was intended to imply.
 

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