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From: John Larkin on 2 Aug 2010 11:56

This is sort of like the faster-than-the-wind sail car:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b4a79e079069c2b3889441cfab5c4b25.61&show_article=1

John

From: hamilton on 2 Aug 2010 12:13
On 8/2/2010 9:56 AM, John Larkin wrote:
>
> This is sort of like the faster-than-the-wind sail car:
>
> http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b4a79e079069c2b3889441cfab5c4b25.61&show_article=1
>
> John
>
This link says:

"Cuba eyes more self-employment as massive layoffs loom"

Maybe they changed it on you.

hamilton

From: John Larkin on 2 Aug 2010 12:21
On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:13:49 -0600, hamilton <hamilton(a)nothere.com>
wrote:

>On 8/2/2010 9:56 AM, John Larkin wrote:
>>
>> This is sort of like the faster-than-the-wind sail car:
>>
>> http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b4a79e079069c2b3889441cfab5c4b25.61&show_article=1
>>
>> John
>>
>This link says:
>
>"Cuba eyes more self-employment as massive layoffs loom"
>
>Maybe they changed it on you.
>
>hamilton

No, the government just can't continue to employ 95% of the workforce.
So the best way to create viable jobs is by firing people.

I could have told them that years ago.

John

From: dagmargoodboat on 2 Aug 2010 12:47
On Aug 2, 11:21 am, John Larkin
<jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:13:49 -0600, hamilton <hamil...(a)nothere.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On 8/2/2010 9:56 AM, John Larkin wrote:
>
> >> This is sort of like the faster-than-the-wind sail car:
>
> >>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b4a79e079069c2b3889441cfa....
>
> >> John
>
> >This link says:
>
> >"Cuba eyes more self-employment as massive layoffs loom"
>
> >Maybe they changed it on you.
>
> >hamilton
>
> No, the government just can't continue to employ 95% of the workforce.
> So the best way to create viable jobs is by firing people.

Yeah, by firing government people. That a) converts them from
overhead into productive citizens and b) stops their government
activities, which usually consist of torturing private citizens /
businesses & making their lives harder.

So, for a large swath of these people it's an economic win-win.

> I could have told them that years ago.

Sure.
From: dagmargoodboat on 2 Aug 2010 12:50
On Aug 2, 11:13 am, hamilton <hamil...(a)nothere.com> wrote:
> On 8/2/2010 9:56 AM, John Larkin wrote:
>
> > This is sort of like the faster-than-the-wind sail car:
>
> >http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.b4a79e079069c2b3889441cfa....
>
> > John
>
> This link says:
>
> "Cuba eyes more self-employment as massive layoffs loom"
>
> Maybe they changed it on you.
>
> hamilton

This part says it all:

" After the crash of the former Soviet bloc, Cuba's cash-strapped
government in the 1990s approved a wide range of self-employment.
Positions such as beauticians, dog groomers, small restaurant owners
and even lighter refillers were legalized as long as workers got
licenses and paid taxes.

But social resentment emerged as an issue when some workers,
particularly in small private restaurants, achieved dramatic levels of
success.

The government began increasing taxation and regulation, and
decreasing license-granting, until the self-employed sector was
largely rendered paralyzed, like the rest of the economy. "

--
Cheers,
James Arthur
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