Reflection on News Articles
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Reflection on News Articles
Though there are a myriad of disturbing things, I personally liked that the average lifespan of a person is 120 years and that the pollution decreased overtime.
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There was one part of the news article chapters of this book that really got me thinking. What would happen if a large group of people just stopped paying their taxes? Yes, the IRS could garnish their wages and try to come after their possessions, but if people were able to find away to protect their assets or had so few assets that they didn't care, what would the government do? What kind of damage would it do to the economy? I don't think it will ever happen, but it is an interesting thought exercise.hsimone wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 11:30 While reading the articles that Kelly reads following the events that has occurred the last 50 years, leading to the current state of the world, what struck you? Was there something that surprised you? Was there something that you liked? Something that disturbed you?
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Oh, I agree that it could happen ... I guess I just kind of hope it never does. I have a feeling it would be complete chaos. I hate paying taxes, but I would hate to see the state of the country if everyone suddenly stopped paying them.
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I was almost surprised to see that the super corporations had obviously been involved with nuclear weapons.
While living 120 years and low pollution might sound good in the world as we know it, in a world described like that it does not seem like a very good trade-off. I am wondering how they avoid over-population. I felt like Kelly when she described it as a terrible world.
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I also like September 11, 2041, where "Todd Anderson" wishes everyone a blessed Patriot Day. To all those lost in service to America including soldiers, firefighters, first responders, and victims.
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Yet, the downside to all that would not be the government falling apart because, how wants to work for nothing but, what would that mean for public schools and publicly funded activities.
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The one thing I thought was interesting was that the government tried to keep it going in D.C., stubborn people.
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I totally agree. I had to force myself to concentrate through a lot of them. They became a little tedious after a while. The break between them (I think Sliver goes off to kill someone else) was definitely necessary to keep my attention.Dabuddhababe wrote: ↑07 Aug 2018, 18:57 The chapter with all the news reports could have been laid out differently. The background info they were giving was great, but did we have to trudge through each article? Franklin could have summed up a lot of the boring stuff. I felt like Kelly did, when she got done reading them, staring off in space.
The one thing I thought was interesting was that the government tried to keep it going in D.C., stubborn people.
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