I volunteer for a group called Charis House in Atlanta, GA. What
they do is build a house in a run-down area of the city and sell it at
cost to try to help a family get back on its feet and to make the
neighborhood better. After a few houses get built in the
neighborhood, property values start to
A friend of mine owned a small farm in Colorado. Developers bought up the areas around it and the value of the land started doubling every year. Pretty soon it was worth about 60 times what it was when he bought it and the yearly taxes were larger than what he had originally paid for it. Now there
John- one problem is if even you own property outright you haven't
eliminated your debt. The tax man will still demand payment. As will
the insurance man if the use of said property brings mandatory liability
insurance coverage. That's not to say you wouldn't be better off owning
property
Hallo MR,
Monday, 26 June, 2006, 16:33:10, you wrote:
MR Hi John,
MR I don't mean to be a pain in the ass
And I do. ;o)
MR but, your focus is on company profits, re-issue of currency, and
MR monetary greed - not a common denominator in an explanation on why
MR both capitalist and
I just can't recall when, but the following was from an episode of the
Religion and Ethics program aired on PBS during a past Congressional
debate on the minimum wage. I recall the term used was just wage.
Problem is that here in the USA such criteria is labeled communist,
instead of
I believe that either economic model (communist or capitalist) is
destined to collapse, sooner or later. One of the main factors being
greed. Greed is what causes inflation. Companies are driven to make
more profit. People need more income to purchase the higher priced
items they need AND
Hi John,I don't mean to be a pain in the ass but, your focus is on company profits, re-issue of currency, and monetary greed- not a common denominatorin an explanation on why both capitalist and communist societies would fail.At least for now, it's not an explanation that makes sense to
"...do we really think if companies are forced to pay their workers more that they'll just suck up the extra cost and not raise prices?"Sure...when they are employee owned.The salaries of CEO's are hundreds of times more than their employees. That sucking sound youmighthave heardis the
No problems Michael. It's just the overly simplistic way I see it. It
may very well be totally inaccurate and most certainly an
over-simplification.
And you make a very good regarding participation.
Cheers,
John
Michael Redler wrote:
Hi John,
I don't mean to be a pain in the ass but,
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0622-28.htm
Published on Thursday, June 22, 2006 by The Nation
Class Warfare: The Minimum Wage Goes Down
by Katrina vanden Heuvel
The GOP just shafted the working people of America. By rejecting an
attempt to raise the minimum wage, the Republican-controlled
Keith Addison wrote:
The GOP just shafted the working people of America. By rejecting an
attempt to raise the minimum wage, the Republican-controlled Senate
showed that it is far more interested in lining the pockets of its
campaign contributors than - as Paul Krugman wrote in a New York
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