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From: ran@bentley.UUCP (RA Novo)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: New monitary system
Message-ID: <553@bentley.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 14:25:21 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 14:25:21 1985
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>A political proposition: Whenever one goes to make a purchase using several
>coins or bills, the value of the accumulation is taken to be the sum of the
>values of the bills.  This seems rather arbitrary: why not take the *product*
>of those values.  For instance, two $5 bills is worth $25, but ten $1 bills is
>only worth a dollar.  This would have a number of very attractive advantages:

>  4. It would help reduce long-term unemployment by encouraging people to
>     change jobs frequently.  For example: If I work 80 hours for company A at
>     $10/hour, I get $800.  But if I work for 40 hours for company A, quit, and
>     work 40 hours for company B, I come out with $160,000 after collecting my
>     checks from both companies.  (Even if I can't find a new job after
>     quitting at A, if I get $200 in unemployment insurance, I still come out
>     with $80,000, provided, of course, that A isn't the government.)  This
>     would keep anyone from staying out of a job long.

If you work 80 hrs. at $10/hr. wouldn't you get $10 E 80 under this system?









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Robert A. Novo				"Captain! They put creatures
AT&T Bell Labs				 in our ears! They made us say
Piscataway, NJ                           things that weren't true!"
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