>The day of letting those snotty little welfare cheats take our hard earned
tax dollars without pretending to work is over.
>Ed Weick
Don't we loathe the freeriders!! Racehorse breeders, stockmarket jockeys,
golf champions, boardroom junkies, etc. a vast army of snotty little
welfare cheats (if we read welfare as meaning the immeasurable benefits of
global cooperation, technological heritage and ecological providence).
Let's not kid ourselves that all moneymakers and taxpayers are 'in truth'
working, let alone working 'hard'. Keep in mind that we, on this list, are
are long way from agreeing on what work is, or should be, about.
For an insightful take on the norm of reciprocity that underscores Ed's
'snotty' comment above, see the article
in BOSTON REVIEW New Democracy Forum 1998
Is Equality Pass�?
Homo reciprocans and the future of egalitarian politics.
Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis,
or go directly to:
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/%7Egintis/papers_index.html
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