[lbo-talk] To each according to work

Andy F andy274 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 19 04:46:56 PDT 2008


On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:41 AM, andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:


> There is nothing wrong with coercing people to work (by formal or perhaps, as JS Mill onserved in another context, even more effective informal) methods, any more than there is with coercing people to pay taxes to provide public goods -- a form, litertarians mote, of forced labor. I don't see why the lazy should benefit from the taxed work done by others to provide benefits all enjoy, a related point.

Just for the fun of it, consider Dwayne's argument for welfare: there are people who detract from the productivity of their workplaces. People who might best serve society by staying home and watching "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire".

-- Andy



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