As I recall the basis of distribution was supposed to be to each according to their social contribution during the socialist phase. This would not imply equality of wages. The slogan was: From each according to their abilities and to each according to their social contribution, as I recall. This contrasted with the communist stage where it was: From each according to ability and to each according to need.
Cheers, Ken Hanly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Equality of Wages etc. MB wrote: >BTW, the equality of wages was something being planned and implemented in the old USSR. For example, wages on collective farms were being raised by greater percentages than wages in the more urbanized, more intellectual sectors in the sixties and seventies.< I'm not an expert on the old USSR, but I understand that this was an effort to stop rural/urban migration. Earlier, under Stalin, the wage structure was made much more unequal. Jim D.
