> Sorry, but robbing Peter to pay Paul does not strike me as a viable long term strategy either. Of course that's not a viable long term strategy. The viable l

> Sorry, but robbing Peter to pay Paul does not strike me as a viable long term strategy either. Of course that's not a viable long term strategy. The viable long term strategy is Peter giving away decent food and shelter to Paul freely. The smart Peters of the world do that already, because they know: if we ever reach the point where a majority of Pauls need to rob Peters for food and shelter, they might not stop at food and shelter alone. > ...to spread out employment among more people I'm with you here. Whatever is left in terms of human employment, it better be distributed as wide as possible.