Re: What do workers compete for?

On Sun, 16 May 2004 01:19:54 GMT, "Robert J. Kolker"
<robert_kolker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>royls@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>> Situation 1: A man works to get his lunch from a nut tree growing in
>> nature.  No free lunch there.
>
>Underline the word works. No free lunch. He worked for it.
>> 
>> Situation 2: A man works to get his lunch from that same natural nut
>> tree, but this time he must pay another man, who did not plant the
>> tree but claims to own it, enough nuts for his lunch, in rent.  The
>> worker must work twice as long, so that the tree's owner will get a
>> free lunch.
>
>Underline the word works. No free lunch. He worked for it.

???  No, the tree's owner did not work for his lunch.  He got it for
free, by being privileged to charge the other guy rent for access to
the tree.

>Everything of value in the world costs somebody something.

If it only costs somebody else something, it is free for you.

>TANSTAAFL.

Repetition will not make it true.

-- Roy L