Dear Colin,
My brain is slightly scrambled from reading to many E Mails this morning,
but I am trying to answer those that I find relevant. You and I have
obviously found the concept of voting once every four or five years an
inadequate method for expressing our citizenship and participation in
.
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From: Barry Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01 December 1997 07:30
Subject: Re: Voluntary Versus Involuntary?
>>charles mueller wrote:
>>
>> I don't recall that anyone here has addressed t
I would like to post a post of a friend of mine who doesn't have the time,
energy or inclination to become involved in this list but who, on occasion,
I include by cc of my postings.
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The concept that these Ideas are somehow applicable is a false one.
The world's fate would seem to rest
Thomas Lunde wrote,
>those people are casualties of involuntary simplicity conveniently arranged
>by a government that will not adjust its fiscal policies and a business
>community who will not seriously look at sharing more work by reducing the
>work week or finding another way to redistribute
Charles posted these stats,
. 495 deaths from cirrhosis of the liver
. 648 homicides
. 920 suicides
. 3,349 admissions to state prisons
. 4,227 admissions to mental hospitals
. 20,240 fatal heart attacks or strokes
If you put a decimal point into these stats, for example 49.5, then
>charles mueller wrote:
>
> I don't recall that anyone here has addressed the question of what a
> successful program of 'voluntary simplicity'-- Is there a plan for protecting
>>the non-volunteers, to prevent their jobs and incomes--and thus their
>>consumption--from being involu
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Hi all,
[Charles Mueller wrote..]
>I don't recall that anyone here has addressed the question of what a
>successful program of 'voluntary simplicity'--say the suggested 10%
>reduction in the overall consumption of each family--would do to the economy
>at large and, in particu
Charles Mueller wrote,
>This is a routine exercise in every undergraduate college course in
>economics. A drop in consumption means a fall in sales, which in turn
>requires producers to cut down their output volume, and that of course
>requires that a part of their workforce be laid off--thus r
I don't recall that anyone here has addressed the question of what a
successful program of 'voluntary simplicity'--say the suggested 10%
reduction in the overall consumption of each family--would do to the economy
at large and, in particular, to the national employment rate. This is a
ro
At 07:14 PM 11/28/97 -0500, charles mueller wrote:
>I don't recall that anyone here has addressed the question of what a
>successful program of 'voluntary simplicity'--say the suggested 10%
>reduction in the overall consumption of each family--would do to the economy
>at large and, in pa
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