Msg: 56 *Conference*
06-01-91 09:31:25
From: ED DAHLGREN
To : RICK LOPES
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #35 (PROFIT)
This'll be short I promise! (8*) I just finished reading a couple of books by Quaker economist Jack Powell; good stuff. Anyway, think of profit this way: you make an investment, you expect a return. I mean YOU! If you put $100 in the bank, do you want someone telling you what you're supposed to do with the interest? The common good -- who decides? Fred tells you to take the $5.50 you earned on your $100 last year and contribute it to reducing the deficit. Martha tells you to contribute to an environmental cause. Proft IS a thorny issue; I guess I'll have to admit Jack's books have eased up my animosity toward BIG business, as in BIG = BAD. And, they tend to be the ones with enough spare profit to invest in the common good anyway. Maybe we could complain about the Post Office instead? (8*) -- Ed