... or punish its holders, that would be preposterous. Labor earns its product and labor with capital earns products many times of purely human effort. But that is obvious. I was merely remarking on the choice of quotee of the OP. -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
...existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." -- Lincoln Funny that a socialist crank has to find quote support from the first US dictator, imperialist and major war agressor. -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... the spider to the fly.", but your parlor is disordered and dirty, and your proposition nonsensical, so that's not an attractive offer. --- This time no dodgin'. --- "Do as I say, not as I do." ??? JF -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... of speech is a precondition of each and every free trade." This time no dodgin'. --- Speakin' of dodgin', what's your day job? JF Do you enjoy trying to engage turnstiles in conversation? Just askin'. -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... as an haven for greedy pro-capitalist assholes and Nazis. That's one of the reasons i stopped posting on usenet a long time ago, especially on the politics section. Oh my. A meta-troll?! What is the world coming to... -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... of the issue, would a human need a delicious, healthy diet, or just some grey, blended slob that contains all the barely necessary dietary ingredients, even though it looks like wet cement and tastes little better? Consider this.) -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... are primarily monetary, not financial, phenomena. Could you help differentiate between the two. Wouldn't one be a subset of the other? I'm referring to "financial" in the sense of government taxation and spending. -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... have to answer for their own actions. But it it not really so today, principally does to government intervention in the economy, and redistribution which basically bails out people who are irresponsibl in their economic behavior. -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... it doesn't matter what else happens - that's it. That's the mechanism by which civilization itself ends. Geotaxing would be highly deflationary. Deflation and inflation are primarily monetary, not financial, phenomena. -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
... the way things are to day. It's rather difficult to say *exactly*. I'm not asking for exactly; I'm asking for your best guess, which you seem to have, as you are opposed to land taxation. I need to know why. -- - Peter *** http://titancity.com/blog/ "Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain
