Re: Wages, Inflation and Social Security

From: Les Cargill (lNOcargill_at_cfl.Arr.com)
Date: 01/21/05

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    New Dark Ages wrote:

    > I guess it's just a good thing for us that some enterprising little
    > *** didn't think to claim ownership of the ocean, 300 or 400 years
    > ago. Think of the usage fees and rents they could have racked up!
    > Why, their decendents would have been the very wealthiest and most
    > powerful people on earth today.
    >
    > And, if it had happened during that time period, they'd probably be
    > French to boot!
    >
    > The notion of land ownership is just as goofy, if you argue from
    > first principles.

    It is not goofy at all if you think like an agrarian person
    surrounded by "barbarians".

    It's arguably the single most fundamental principle of
    civilization. 

    --
Les Cargill
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