But what if, through attrition, cutbacks, downsizing and the need for higher stock dividend returns, very few people in the community could afford your $50 million worth of goods and/or services?
Who relaxes on the beach then? The Homeless? Darryl ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Exit ramp for Europe (collateral damage on Tar C reek) > Bill, > > That's called shifting grounds. > > Say there was no pollution and no health care costs? > > Then, how can I be faulted for supplying the community with $50 million > worth of goods and/or services? > > Feel better? > > Harry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bill wrote: > > >To an economist, the following is not controversial > > > > How can I be faulted for supplying the community with > > $50 million worth of goods and/or services? > > > >but if it costs $20 million [MBTE for example] to clean the pollution and > >your goods/services cause $10 million in additional health care costs, > >the value is $20 million. There certainly are cases where the damage to > >the environment is greater than the value of the products and services > >produced. > > > > > >Bill > > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > **************************************************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 5/29/2003 > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
