Found a great post by Robb at Sharp as a Marble. Posting the whole thing here so you don't have to click around (although, I encourage you to visit SAAM as I find interesting reads there on a regular basis)
So, I’ve heard that homeless people and ‘professional moochers’ have invaded and started eating all your organic tofu and goat cheese salads. That’s gotta be rough, but I have a solution for you that will help hammer home the point you people have been trying to make.
Since you have all the food necessary to feed the people, we can consider it a place where you store goods… I dunno, call it a ‘food bank’ or something. We know that because you have only a limited amount of food, you need to ensure that the food is distributed correctly. One way you could do this is issue vouchers for food with the condition that those who take food promise to bring more in later to replenish the stocks. Call this “a food loan”. Even the homeless people would have to agree to pay back their fair share of food. By doing so, your bank can ensure it always has enough food to feed everyone!
Finally, when you realize that there’s not enough food to go around, you can tell all the people holding ‘food credit’ that they need to pay up and when they complain that their degree in Domicile Avoidance hasn’t permitted them to obtain sustenance (you’re gonna love this part) you can forgive everyone’s food loans!!!!! Just like that!
You see, you have large stores of food, which made you food-wealthy. Because you are wealthy, you can give away your food with no expectation of ever getting any back at all. Just because those people promised to return food doesn’t mean they actually have to. So you can show the world exactly how beneficial wiping out everyone’s loans is by being a shining example of a working system!
Right?
Right?
Indeed
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