"...One in six homes in the UK now has no one working. ..." - arcyh
While I express sympathy, here in Oregon, the unemployment is right at 25%! So, let's start the CCC again, ok? :-) On Aug 26, 5:16 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > One in six homes in the UK now has no one working. How about a right > to work in which we can all turn up at a labour exchange and be given > work or pay if they can't use us? This would cover most of us, with > the exceptions of a few disabilities. Not much different from the New > Deal, yet we could really change the employment relation with such a > scheme. What I like best about it is making business compete for > labour after a guaranteed minimum and security of employment is an > ever present in the system. Such a simple change would have many > effects. > > I offer this as an example of a thought experiment. My view is that > we are trapped in many arguments because we really don't have them and > thus don't understand what objects we have made so solid we can't > change them. Many people will object to the idea that we should just > be able to turn up and get on with some work and get paid a decent > wage. If we are really interested in argument we should want to know > why, partly in order to discover just what we are in the existing > system. Thought experiment in science progresses rather like this. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
