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To: TigerPaw who wrote (10813)	2/3/2006 6:14:03 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541582

Paid in the past tense. Any payment can be converted in to your "perpetual stream of payments". (Or really "potentially perpetual stream of payments" no investment is 100% safe) All your idea does is mandate this conversion (at least in part). This mandate doesn't make sense for all employees. The worker has a lot of risk too. They orient their whole skill level and their most productive years to align themselves with the company goals. The risk of the return on the labor is very low (you might not get paid because you work for a fraudulent or totally bankrupt company, but most people don't work for such companies). The delay on your pay is also normally small. The risk of the return on your investment in learning skills and processes is higher. Yes you might learn on the job, and the learning might be considered your labor, but the different aspects can reasonably be considered separately. Tim