Thomas: > As for those working within the system, yes a value - a false value is > established for quota's for sale but one which could be solved by > legislation in which quotas are bought back by government agency at a preset > price - thereby removing the false value. Like a business license, a quota > is benefit given to an individual or company by the people of Canada and > when the individual or company no longer is going to use this benefit - it > should be returned to the people of Canada to be reissued.
OK, but I'd suggest there is still a question of how and to whom it should be re-issued when the whole idea is to restrict output in order to keep product price up. Right now, if I have a certain amount of quota and I don't want it any more, I'll sell it to the highest bidder. The market would decide who that would be. If I were simply to give it back to the government, it would then have to reissue it. It might decide to do that by auction - i.e., letting the market decide, or it might use some other system, such as patronage. I agree with the principle that the people of Canada as a whole should benefit, but am not sure of how that could be done. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Lunde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: [Futurework] <no subject> > Hi Ed. > > Living in Regina, Sask for now. Regarding your post you said: > > I've heard it said that, if the supply management system and import tariffs > were done away with, dairy products would be much cheaper and poor families > would be better able to ensure that their kids got enough milk. > > The old neo-con canard - low price justifies everything. The problem here > for poor families is that the cannot earn or do not have adequate income to > pay the price. The fault is not within the supply management system, it is > in the greater ecology of wages, social service rates and pensions being > ridicously low in relationship to the value of all goods - not just those > few being protected by a supply management system. > > As for those working within the system, yes a value - a false value is > established for quota's for sale but one which could be solved by > legislation in which quotas are bought back by government agency at a preset > price - thereby removing the false value. Like a business license, a quota > is benefit given to an individual or company by the people of Canada and > when the individual or company no longer is going to use this benefit - it > should be returned to the people of Canada to be reissued. > > Well, that's my quick take on it. > > Respectfully, > > Thomas Lunde > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
