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