The Baha'i Studies Listserv On 22 Nov 2010 at 11:42, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> In terms of the Bahai Faith, the writings say that extremes of wealth > should be "abolished" which sounds a bit different from pure laissez > faire capitalism. In a Bahai future wouldn't the fund also be an > actual tax which would be coerced? No, the Fund and Huququllah are purely voluntary, and donations can only be accepted from enrolled members with voting rights. Abdu'l-Baha envisions social security needs being administered by local councils (not assemblies or House of Justice), elected by the whole population, and funded by a progressive income tax, income from mines and some other sources. On my blog see http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/socialism/ which includes a translation of Abdu'l-Baha's letter to Mrs. Parsons on this topic Sen --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Sen McGlinn http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com All is to be yielded up, save only the *remembrance* of God; all is to be dispraised, except His praise. Today, to this melody of the Company on high, the world will leap and dance: `Glory be to my Lord, the All-Glorious!' (Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Baha, p. 93) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-541505-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
