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To: TimF who wrote (10973)	2/6/2006 6:13:47 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541556

The laborer can work on one job or another. Once he gets his paycheck he can loan or invest it. What you are saying is that the worker can take any leftover paycheck and become a capitalist with it. That shows the inherent unfairness in the system. (I.e. the capitalist doesn't have to). - I don't really like using those terms, worker - capitalist because it just reinforces the 1930s era concepts that permeate the discussion. I think it makes it hard for some to contemplate the more subtle differences in compensation and wealth inheritance. Just as fish can be traded for silver or silver for fish. The one with fish pretty much has to trade, there is a time limit on keeping fish. The one with silver has the flexibility. I'm thinking I should avoid the seafood analogies because I don't think you getting what I write directly, much less the more oblique references. TP