If I had to change it I’d increase it.

The average late teenager is not suitable to have a say. And half of them are below average in that sense.

I’d like to tie it to actually being a tax payer, you pay you get a say in how your hard earned money is spent. But that would throw people who can’t work under the bus.

Not heard of it since.

Which is good I suppose because it would have to be something horrific enough to push Russia-Ukraine or Israel-Hamas out of the media.

How is it nowadays? Getting better/worse/nowhere?

I think it’s fine to pay some for it.

I don’t know how your healthcare system is structured. But let’s assume there is a profit motive in getting you to donate blood. Let’s also assume profit is a problem. So we want to reduce profits.

1. If you get €25 per donation that is €25 less profit for them per donation.

2. The demand for blood is going to stay the same. No one will decline a live saving surgery because it’s a bit expensive and will pay anything to get it. Increasing supply will decrease profit margins.

I don’t care about any particular artist enough to require a huge amount so you’d mostly be paying me for the inconvenience of remembering to follow through for 50 or so years.

We’re looking at something like one annual salary because anything less won’t make enough of a difference to bother with the effort for half a century.

Du har ringt fel nummer.

Biting my nails. By cutting them short. If they grow long I eventually bite them off.

Exactly how are you supposed to check that a company you own shares in does what it’s supposed to? You’re not allowed into the factory. You’re not allowed to see any reports other than what they already publish.

You have to take the word of the management.

You’ve got the wrong idea about what the shareholders prioritize. They got sued by the shareholders for lying about being committed to safety and instead maximizing short term profits.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/boeing-is-sued-by-shareholders-following-max-9-blowout-2024-01-31/

Mine sweeper on my dad’s 286 when I was 4.

Not much. You can’t spend enough of their money before they stop your spending and start collecting it.

How much credit can you get without a high income or a lot of assets? Hopefully much smaller than your mortgage (which is that the 2008 crisis was about).

Exactly what happens depends on law where you live. Here you’d get a court order: First confiscation of cash or cash equivalents. Second sale of assets, in the end your pay would be garnished. Since not everyone is forced to sell their house (like 2008) the price drop would be smaller but spread across the entire economy.

Unless you’re willing to illegally work without a contract and only take cash payments they will get their money back.

Anyone who did not participate in it would have a good time buying cheap stuff in the forced sale.