ricep5
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Jacksonville, FL
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| We need it like its 1885
In 1885, no one thought we all needed telephones, it was considered an intrusion in our privacy.
In 2005, we are trying to decide do we all really need broadband?
Today you would be hard pressed to get a job, credit card or checking account unless you had a telephone number.
In 2035, no one will be mailing out bills anymore, if you don't have broadband to check your online bill, you won't be able to pay it. (And by extension, not get the service)
We will all remember the 'old days' at 'the turn of the century' when bills were paid by mail using stamps. The grandkids will laugh wondering how we ever put up with such a laborious process. |
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Fatal Vector
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Yes...the grandkids will laugh...but maybe not. They'll have discovered what worker drones they are and how their employer controls their life via that E Paycheck, without which they cannot live, except, perhaps on the streets with a black markrt barter system, because that swipe card will be your personal collar around your neck. Driver License, credit accounts, personal/medical ID...I'm sure you get the idea. |
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Captain Obvious
| The fact that we are being treated as "worker drones" has less to do with how we are paid, and more to do with the fact that, as a whole, workers have lost their bargaining position. No longer do workers have a say in whether a job gets done or not - complain to much, and your job will be shipped to Bangalore, while you will not.
I'm far more worried about a government that seems intent on wiping out the last vestiges of the middle class by encouraging this sort of behavior than I am about getting paid electronically. BTW - a large number of people ALREADY get paid electronically. I've been using direct deposit for over 6 years. |
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