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Re: Preaching to the Choir
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:02:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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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.
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So there’s a unit of currency and it’s a manhour, then? All else remains the
same as far as the market goes?
Can I charge LESS if I want to? Can I OFFER more if I want to?
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You can give gifts of your time. You can not institute and exchange that values
your time more highly than another’s.
Chris
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) OK. So if I know that it takes the average hole digging person an hour to dig a hole of a certain size, and that's an accepted market value, can I charge 50 minutes to dig it instead of an hour (giving a discount or a gift if you like)? Is (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Message is in Reply To:
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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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