Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> When did I say, "individuals may own ANY amount of property"? I think that
> owning 10 houses (like the McCains) is way too much, but one house per family
> is
> about right, but that is only my opinion. My forty acres is in French Gulch,
> California and I have kept it pristine and out of the greedy hands of
> developers
> who would love to buy me out and sub-divide it. I will build on it only
> after I
> sell my home in Eureka, California.
So, the answer is, owning as much as Jon, good, owning more than Jon, bad.
Obviously, the solution is for anyone who owns more than Jon to give half the
excess to Jon, thus eliminating the problem. Or everyone could divide all the
property equally. I like that one better. Jon owns more than I do, and I want
my share!
> In what context?
The free market is the way to efficiently allocate resources, and cash returns
provide a measure of the desirability of the project. You disagreed, but have
still not offered an alternative.
> As for allocating resources, I am a democratic socialist and believe in
> things
> like a living wage, equitable distribution of wealth, limitations on profit
> gouging, fair trade, affirmative action, equal opportunity, equal justice,
> free
> education based on merit, etc. I don't believe it is right to exploit labor,
> or
> non-renewable vanishing resources, to increase demand, etc. I would prefer
> industry to create jobs in recycling, conservation, single payer health
> providers, education that is relevant, affordable housing, healthy food
> production, etc. I could go on, but that is feeding into your tactic of
> asking
> questions that have no easy answer. That way you put your opponent on the
> defensive and avoid having to provide your own answers how to allocate
> resources, etc.
Actually, those are beliefs, not ways of accomplishing something, such as
allocating resources. Which is why you have trouble with the question, to
which there IS an easy answer.
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