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Re: Preaching to the Choir
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Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:48:54 GMT
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I actually agree with an awful lot of what Larry says in this thread. But not
all of it. And I think he’s misread me in a couple of places.
I’m not talking about eliminating market mechanisms from the determination of
what work can be rewarded. Only to what degree. It is good that both Tercells
and Lexuses (Lexi?) are available. I have no problem with you wanting a Lexus
and doing the extra work (or not having other luxuries) to get one. I am
grossly offended by the fact that you should be able to get such a luxury almost
off-handedly (and maybe not you, but some people can) while others will never
have that kind of earning power no matter how seriously they work or study or
scrimp.
The continued references to a soviet determining what work is valued enough for
payment suggests that you are misunderstanding what I think. I think you should
be paid for digging holes exactly to the extent that someone else wants to pay
you. Commerce should be free in that way. I’m just thinking it should be a
crime for you to charge more than one manhour for a hole that took you an hour
to dig.
Chris
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| (...) Well, I tend to remember "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 3 generations" and "a fool and his money are soon parted" and not worry about that. That's a pat answer but ... (...) So there's a unit of currency and it's a manhour, then? All else (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:I2AH9I.13p2@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) of (...) Tercells (...) Lexus (...) almost (...) never (...) or (...) enough for (...) should (...) to pay (...) a (...) hour (...) Hmm, how (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But suppose you're not? What I'm driving at here is that it is difficult to take worth as stated by the person doing the task... and that further, some activities are indeed worth less. It rather seems to me that even in Chris's scheme he's (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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