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From: Rob Schaap [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: this past week in Oz
There is an alternative
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2815/A3778-2000Aug14.html
Can anyone please explain why income tax increases have always been
broadbased and tax expenditures narrowly targeted?
Further, since the principal of progressive taxation is a time hounoured
one, why are the exemptions flat and not regressive.
For example, a person earning 40,000 a year would
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 12:30:27 -0500
Subject: CCPA Update: Alternative Federal Budget 2000
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February 1, 2000
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Update:
Healthy Families: First Things First
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with both the lottery and this proposal you are basically suggesting
that the power should be wrangled from the hands of those now,
representing the interests of capitalists/multinationals.
I thought someone need to spell it out for you...
Good luck, I am with you all the way!
Eva
I like
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From: Victor Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like Thomas' suggestion for governance by a parliament comprised of
citizens chosen by lottery. It certainly eliminates a lot of distortions in
Inspired by this story, I have proposed the Moccasin Rule for government.
These are
I like Thomas' suggestion for governance by a parliament comprised of
citizens chosen by lottery. It certainly eliminates a lot of distortions in
the system such as political parties, campaign donations by corporations,
etc.
I frankly don't think it has a hope in hell of ever being realized. In
o has self published a
book on alternative currencies that I recommend highly for its readability
and good stories: "New Money for Healthy Communities." Tom's address is:
P.O. Box 42663 Tucson, AZ 85733. Bernard Laitaer, an economist who was
instrumental in developing the Eurodollar (by
Dear David Burnam:
I read your post with interest and though I have
only a cursory knowledge of alternative money - what little I do know leads me
to believe that it could provide a number of solutions in the area of community
employment, local exchange of services and an increased quality
Thomas Lunde said:
I agree with your exposition that the net flow of capital outside of
communities destroys those very communities and it is with great sadness
that I and many others who had that type of childhood feel when we stop
chasing the buck for awhile and think of the childhood we had
In reply to Ed:
Well, I can certainly appreciate your experience and to a large degree it
was reflected in my family as well, but you are talking about the
experiences of the depression and I was referring to the experiences of the
50's. That two decade difference is a big difference.
I guess
Dear Mr. Douthwaite:
First, let me say with unabashed admiration that I found your book "The
Growth Illusion" to be seminal in my thinking. Second, let me apologize
for using extensive quotes from your book to post on FutureWork some of the
ideas that you have so elegantly outlined. Third, I
shares of particular
software "niches"). You view this as a superior alternative to any
antitrust remedies since, in your analysis, scale economies are so vast in
the software industry that it can never have more than 1 firm in each
niche--and thus can never be made price-c
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