Sally where are you? REH
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:16 PM Subject: RE: [Futurework] The Politics of Foodbanks (or lack thereof) (w as Re: Slightly extended) > Chris, I think you and Harry might just have something in common with this > idea. > > Your plan assumes some degree of social cohesion (that there are "relatives" > that there is a "local community".) Assumptions aside, I like the idea. So > count me in with you and, perhaps, Harry. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Futurework] The Politics of Foodbanks (or lack thereof) (was > Re: Slightly extended) > > > Arthur Cordell wrote: > > We can end poverty. There can be a basic income. > > Who is supposed to pay a general BI ? It would be just fighting symptoms > anyway, worsening the causes. > > There's a better system: Have an education system that minimizes the > number of people who can't make ends meet. For the few remaining ones, > help them to get as good a job as they can handle, and/or have their > relatives pay for their basic needs. For the _very_ few remaining ones > then, have their local community pay their basic needs (rent&food) until > they are "restored" to earn money again. Result: No foodbanks, and no > starvation either (and low crime rate too). Yet, low taxes. > > Guess which country this is? Harry may rant about "protectionism" as > much as he wants, but there _are_ upsides to it! > > Chris > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword > "igve". > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
