Re: Quotation of the day

On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:44:20 +0000, Eeyore
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Homer J Simpson wrote:

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Keeping many tradesmen in work thereby.

Yeah, slavery worked like that.

No, slaves don't get paid and can't quit. Are you fuzzy on these concepts?

Apparently so.

He reckon Brazilians working in the bio-ethanol business are slaves too IIRC.

Graham


No. But tradesmen building enormous mansions for rich people is as
productive for society in general as if those same tradesmen were paid
to dig holes and then paid to fill them up. The result is a few people
living in a 28,000 square foot energy-guzzling house. Those same
tradesmen, for the same effort, could have built 20 decent houses for
real people.

Just paying people merely redistributes wealth; it doesn't increase
wealth.


John



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