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Article #1657Re: Our Anti-Merit System
From: Mark Richards
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 03:19
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 03:19
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"Bob LeChevalier" <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote in > > Your scenario misses a lot. > > If there really is a job available at $200 a week, then the fact that > he doesn't take it means that someone else will get it or the employer > will raise the pay or the employer will do without. > > If the neighbors don't contribute $100, the man might starve. > > I could go on. You seem to love to create hypotheticals that are > highly unrealistic, relying on the "market" to do things it doesn't in > fact regularly do, like come up with $100/wk supplements to a random > person's income. My example was not to advocate a hypothetical but to demonstrate the flaws in our current system. I know there was a lot of misery before we had our "safety net" and I would not want to return to that. But we also have a lot of misery these days, too. It's not really about only two choices. It's recognizing that they are both evil in their own way, and it's time for a new way. Unfortunately, I realize no one in power is even considering that right now. Mark
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