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Towlie

(5,324 posts)
Mon May 10, 2021, 11:35 AM May 2021

Paying people to not spread disease is an interesting idea. Why not go even further?

$100 as Incentive to Get a Shot? Experiment Suggests It Can Pay Off.

I was just thinking, what other crimes against humanity could the government pay people to not commit, and what should the rates be for not committing those crimes? For example, it seems to me that the reward for not committing mass murder should be substantially more that the reward for not driving while drunk or not dumping trash in a river.

We could send in annual lists of all the crimes we didn't commit along with the amount owed for each one and the total due, then wait for our checks from the IRS (Internal Reward Service) to arrive.
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Paying people to not spread disease is an interesting idea. Why not go even further? (Original Post) Towlie May 2021 OP
Locking anti-vaxxers up might do the job too. Whatever works is fine with me. abqtommy May 2021 #1
A Colony Of THem? Me. May 2021 #4
I'd be a Billionaire. Hugin May 2021 #2
Hire the vaccinated to hunt them down and tranq'em, only replace tranquilizer darts w/Pfizer shots Bucky May 2021 #3
Make it a felony to forge a vaccination card. rickford66 May 2021 #5

Hugin

(33,162 posts)
2. I'd be a Billionaire.
Mon May 10, 2021, 11:38 AM
May 2021

Since penalties for committing these crimes don't seem to be enforced for certain segments of social class any longer. It's the only way to go.

Bucky

(54,020 posts)
3. Hire the vaccinated to hunt them down and tranq'em, only replace tranquilizer darts w/Pfizer shots
Mon May 10, 2021, 11:45 AM
May 2021

The most dangerous game is the only solution to the most dangerous virus (and its allies the most dangerous ignoramuses )

I mean, it's a catch and release style hunting, so it's not entirely unethical. And frankly, could all us provaxxers use a few training sessions for the coming 2nd Civil War?

rickford66

(5,524 posts)
5. Make it a felony to forge a vaccination card.
Mon May 10, 2021, 11:58 AM
May 2021

The wing nuts love tough penalties. Once people realize they are excluded from normal life, they will have to make a choice among being included, excluded or prosecuted.

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