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> Most people would rather work than not work; I was unclear. I might "work" but I wouldn't care about being paid so my work wouldn't result in anything redis
by anamax 17y ago
> Most people would rather work than not work;
I was unclear. I might "work" but I wouldn't care about being paid so my work wouldn't result in anything redistributable. And, I'd be much less concerned about whether someone else valued what I was doing.
Yes, you can argue that the recipients of my work would be better off. And we might start exchanging favors. You'd probably call that tax avoidance.
And yes, I'd work a lot less and I'd dive a lot more.
- pw0ncakes 17y agoOk, but most people want more than a 1/2N share of the economic "pie".
- anamax 17y ago> Ok, but most people want more than a 1/2N share of the economic "pie". That depends on how much that share actually is. Remember - we have folks living on welfare now. And, it might well cause people to retire earlier. Or to delay entering the work force. Krugman's "Macroeconomics" says that it is well established that the higher the unemployment compensation, the more that people try to live on it or extend their stays. This is the same thing only moreso.