John Lark>>> John Lark>
>>>>> "Have you ever witnessed the anger of the good
>>>>> shopkeeper, James Goodfellow, when his careless
>>>>> son happened to break a pane of glass? ...."
>>>> But think of how many jobs Green Energy will create.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>> I thought of it already...Hillary mentioned it as an
>>> economic + climate plan, which we could then sell to
>>> the rest of the world and...cash in!
>>>
>>> Obama too. He proposes $150e9 to help green Detroit.[1]
>>>
>>> The premise is that money or corporations are holding back
>>> progress. And that other countries are too dumb to do smart
>>> stuff.
>>>
>>> Conclusion: Let's give money to corporations!
>>>
>>> Reminds me of the World's Fair in New Orleans, where
>>> everyone was going to get rich providing services to
>>> each another.
>>>
>>> Or their casino mania: "We'll all get rich gambling in
>>> one another's casinos--we can't lose!"
>>>
>
>>
>> Ah, reminds me of the classic techniques to increasing the GDP and
>> reducing unemployment:
>>
>> 1. Have ten million people dig holes, and another 10 million fill
>> them.
>>
>> 2. Everybody washes their neighbor's dishes for $40 an hour.
>>
>> John
>
>That's wrong-headed. The problem is the *gap* between rich
>and poor.
>
>And there are a lot fewer rich than poor, so, as a practical
>matter, I propose a *maximum* wage. About, say, $40/hr.
>
>Penalties for hard work and overtime.
>
>That ought to make everyone happy.
>
>Grins,
>James Arthur
How about a fixed wage, $40 should be OK, paid for a 40 hour week, no matter whether you have a job or not? Then everybody would pay exactly the same income tax... that would simplify the bookkeeping.
John