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To: epicure who wrote (99300)	3/23/2005 12:27:52 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Why do you want to pay juvenile delinquents to take old ladies purses? You think its okay to pay kids to be irresponsible. Hey this is fun! No wonder people like to do it.

To: epicure who wrote (99300)	3/23/2005 9:30:39 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"I do not think there is a perverse incentive problem if you give everyone the same opportunity to earn the incentive, salary or bribe- " That is precisely what causes the perverse incentive. The perverse incentive comes from the fact that most people don't have to be bribed to take advantage of opportunities to improve their situation in life. But when you start paying, people stop doing it without being paid. (Just as you would not do your job without being paid, for example.) Your focus is on the people who won't better themselves without being bribed to do so. My focus is on the far greater number who are willing to better themselves without being bribed (or who are even willing to pay for the opportunity to better themselves). I don't want to erode their sense of responsibility.