there are a great many problems with the world today. still i think there have been countless problems in the past, over the thousands of years, that have been cleared up or at the least somewhat improved upon. and the improvements will continue into the future, so that there will be still less by the time i run for WP. still there will be some, and i say, i see so much good in the world, so much potential, that it breaks my heart and my mind and my soul that there's also so much f***ing s*** in the world. i intend to clean this place up, help create a global utopia for everyone.
one of my plans is to eliminate money. everyone who works (and their immediate families) will have an electronic card with various information, such as you've no doubt heard plans for, everything from medical info to bank info to phone cards to key cards to change for the vending machines. well also it'll have job info- at least, whether you have a job or not. i like to compare this new financial system to school grading systems: ranks vs. pass/fail. this will be the latter. if you have a job, you have credit, and with it can buy whatever you need or want. (granted, anything you have had before this change comes into effect will be yours, whether you'd finished paying for it or not, thereby, as i like to say, finishing off that last tenth of the law that has long proved so elusive to possession. by this token, the rich will continue to have more than others, at least, they'll have what they already had, and there probably won't be enough of the erstwhile expensive things existing or being made for evrybuddy who wants them, under the new system, to buy them. but if you can't get a mansion, you won't be homeless, either.)
...seeing as everyone will be able to purchase things, more people buying things than before, there will need to be more things around to buy. therefore, there will be more jobs producing such things, so it will be easier to find work, so more people will have credit to buy more things. also, there will be more jobs in construction since everyone will afford a home. more people will afford school (whatever school they want, as long as they want, whatever they want to study) so there'll be more teaching jobs. everyone will be able to train for whatever job they want. there will be more "disposable income" so a greater market for the arts- niches will boom, as manufacturers and distributors of the arts won't be forced to make a profit. if a few people want to buy a book or watch a show or a movie or buy a cd or whatever, it will be enough. ...with greater bandwidth on the net and tv, there'll be room for everything. your favorite shows won't have to be cancelled. and as everyone will be working, you won't have to work as much, you'll have more free time to enjoy the arts. oh, what a happy day it will be for all manner of artists! (i'm a writer, you know)
...there will always be more popular or less popular jobs, and there will always be those who don't want to work. but they won't just be handed what they need, least not when they leave the nest. they need to work, and they may for a time have to do some job they'd rather not. still, with billions of people, interests vary widely. even the most unpopular jobs will probably attract a few people. and in time i expect there'll be robots to do some jobs. ...and some people will always be bored if they have no work to occupy them; and, of course, there will always be many people who have a love for a certain kind of work. as i say, they'll be able to do whatever they want in life (as i need to write).
there won't be need of advertising, not so much anyway. so commercials will if they want to be aired be brilliant and highly entertaining, all of them. they'll be fewer, too, and less often run, on tv, magazines, net, and so forth. and sponsors won't control ratings, as i've sort of said.
and everyone will afford health care, and can be assured that those providing it are doing so because it's what they love. and that they've had full access to excellent schooling provided by people who love to teach...
yes, the benefits of my plans for a world without money go on and on, but i'll shut up for now. just remember to vote for me...