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So you would do away with all inheritance then? Who exactly decides who "earned" and who didn't? this is an idea to replace 'unearned' with 'earned' inheritance. in this case the entrepreneur would have agreed a system of karmic accounting with his employees and his estate redistributed back to them. What if the entrepreneur used private contractors rather than full time employees to do the bulk of the work. What happens then? the private contractors would employ people so the redistribution principle can be carried to these workers. also, on a small scale, say a homeowner were to employ a plumber or electrician for a day or two. in this case along with doing the work for whatever was the going rate of pay the plumber or electrician would get a 'karmic credit' that would pay out from the homeowners eventual estate. stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

So you would do away with all inheritance then? Who exactly decides who "earned" and who didn't? this is an idea to replace 'unearned' with 'earned' inheritance. in this case the entrepreneur would have agreed a system of karmic accounting with his employees and his estate redistributed back to them. stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

Well, HE earned it, he's dead. So the next best thing is to let it stay with whoever HE wanted it to in the first place. seriously, WTH does "back to those who earned it" even mean? it sounds like a crappy system in any case - it sounds like it would discourage people from taking care of their families, from increasing a business and hiring more people...... etc etc it would encourage people to sit on their hands and wait for the 'redistribution'. It would encourage others to celebrate the deaths of successful types or even proactively seek the deaths on successful people..... etc etc really - what a concept - promote less than mediocrity, and discourage loyalty to family - right up the alley of certain political philosophies as i said this is an idea to fuse left and right libertarian strands. it allows those who want to be entrepreneurs and accumulate wealth for themselves to do so - within their lifetime. when they die rather than choosing who their wealth goes to (with the recipients getting the wealth unearned) it gets redistributed back to those who helped him create the wealth in the first place - in this case the workers he employed. stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

the basics of Karmic Accounting are as follows: imagine a good old fashioned capitalist entrepreneur starts up a business, employs lots of people to work in his business, and then sells his business for a hefty profit. so far so good. now, unfortunately for him, the entrepreneur suddenly dies. karmic accounting is a financial system to redistribute his estate back to those who earned it rather than be allowed to accumulate, unearned to those who haven't. stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

if you worked in the family business then presumably you would have been paid at the time. stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

I would think that at the very basic level it falls into unearned income; an individual's income derived from sources other than employment, such as interest and dividends from investments, or income from rental property. Also called unearned revenue. opposite of earned income. To argue otherwise seems foolish. it's definitely unearned. now that that is established we can move on

Karmic Accounting is an idea to meld together Left and Right Libertarian strands

thankyou! (new scientist has been my favourite magazine for years - nice work) stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

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the article even has a quote from dz.com

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remember israel has lots of nuclear weapons... http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/23-2 stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

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nothing to hide here... http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/21-5 stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

and i haven't disagreed with you zach. individual choice is always important. to tackle institutional racism though (when just a black sounding surname is a disadvantage) takes group action. stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

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One doesn't exclude the other. Both Israel and Palestine (so all of the land is included no matter where you want to draw the border) is the homeland of both nations. that is the root of the problem. the root of the problem is that the palestinians were forced by jewish terrorists out of their houses and their land. if israel allowed these refugees back then that would be a good start to solving the problem... stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

no, israel is the homeland of the palestinian people... stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

out and out slavery might have ended a while back - but institutional racism still continues and thrives... stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

haaretz is an israeli newspaper... stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

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Yes, of course. Ever hear of a place called Osirak, perchance? and can you recall operation eagle claw? stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding

neither israel or the us will bomb iran - let's get back to reality here