Citizen's income

1998-09-21 Thread Tor Førde
Last saturday I watched a lecture by Jurgen Habermas. He supported the idea of a citizen's income. Two reasons he gave was: 1. Given globalisation and lesser opportunity for the countries to control their economies and increased competition; it becomes almost impossible to avoid considerable un

Wworking women and toxics (fwd)

1998-09-21 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 10:47:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Camp. for Responsible Technology" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wworking women and toxics Dear Friends-- Our allies in England forwarded this article that appeared in the Washington Pos

Re: Tory Party membership - err, what's the position for expats?

1998-09-21 Thread Thomas Lunde
Dear Mr. Blackmore: Excuse my inability to understand your citizenship. I guess I don't know the answer to your question, however, I am going down to register as a Conservative Party Member this afternoon and I will inquire. You asked, "So, apart from MAI and a free trade bias (on what basis?",

Community Inquiry on Work

1998-09-21 Thread Gail Stewart
The following letter and report are being sent this week to a number of residents and organizations in the Ottawa area and to the media. Ottawa September 1998 Dear Commun

Re: The Next IMF Loan to Russia

1998-09-21 Thread Thomas Lunde
Dear Keith: I heartily endorse your analysis and I would like to point out that this may actually become a trend/direction in the future - to actually redistribute money from the highest level to the lowest level - to create a circularity of energy. Leaving aside all the excesses and stupidities

Re: Tory Party Membership

1998-09-21 Thread Thomas Lunde
Dear Mr. Blackmore: Thanks for your interest. In Canada we have traditionally had two political parties, the Liberals and Conservatives with the Conservatives, from the founding of Canada up until the second term of our last Prime Minister Brain Mulroney, being against the concept of Free Trade