ML>barter... i've been bartering my skills and knowledge for years... in
ML>some cases, i get this thing that many people are obsessed about
ML>called "money"... in other cases, i get room and board... in still
ML>other cases, i get food or cigarettes... sometimes i even gain
ML>friends...

ML>what would you do if money were out of the equation?

 JB> Bartering and similar.  My point was less about what economic
 JB> system we  would move to but more of the fact that if we peel away
 JB> money, the true  impacts of the activity become apparent.  So if
 JB> you didn't have to give  an abled person welfare money for them to
 JB> subsist but instead you had to  give them an equivalent amount of
 JB> your food, shelter and time, would you  be so willing or would you
 JB> hold them more accountable ?  

good question... i would probably help them a bit to start with but they would
be forced to contribute at some point... even if it is washing the dishes and
doing the laundry starting on the second or third day or so and continuing on
until such time as they start contributing in other ways...

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