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Little Free Press
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2714 1st Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55408 USA
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#52 Reprinting Permissible "food for thought since 1969"
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F R E E
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UTOPIA NOW POSSIBLE
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A revolutionary breakthrough in employee motivation may be
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forthcoming by making jobs so attractive, interesting and enjoyable
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that employees will work without pay. These volunteers will be
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attracted by good working conditions, the latest in fine tools,
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machines and technology, such as; robots, computers and satellite
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communication systems. Volunteerism would eliminate the "monetary
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cost" of production which in turn would permit all products and
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services to be distributed free of charge, thus allowing people to
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work without pay and enabling industry to provide the marvelous
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technologies and tools. Work would then become a privilege instead of
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a duty.
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This Priceless Economic System would cause the following
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departments to become unnecessary:
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1. Payroll
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2. Sales
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3. Advertising
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4. Credit
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5. Banking
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6. Insurance
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7. Legal & Tax
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8. Much Accounting
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9. Much Administration
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This would make tremendous savings in resources and energy and
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free more than 16 million people for useful work.
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People leaving these unnecessary jobs could volunteer for any
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jobs they liked and receive free on-the-job training and begin to
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learn and produce immediately.
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Volunteers take more responsibility to do better work and create
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better working environments for themselves. Instead of working
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because one "had to" and hating it, people would work because they
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desired to. Then employees could enjoy their work in creative ways
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without pressure to make profits.
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People who own the raw materials would then have no need for
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money because everything would be free for everyone. Their employees
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would be distributing their raw materials free of charge as would all
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employees in industry and on farms.
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Stockholders would have no need for money nor any reason for
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worries about inflation, depression or stockmarket-ulcers.
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Because everything would be free there would be no reason to
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steal. 94% of the people in prison and jails1 are there for
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stealing. Priceless economics would end 94% of the need for:
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1. 4,052 jails and prisons
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2. 630,000 lawyers and judges
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3. 1,267,000 guards and police
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4. 412,000 prisoners
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Thus giving us 2,170,460 more people to help with the essential
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1 Statistical Abstract of the US. 1985; American Prisons & Jails,
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1980, Vol.3; Handbook of Labor Statistics, 1983, Dept of Labor.
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work.
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There would no longer be a reason to starve or revolt when
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everything is free. Malnutrition would become a thing of the past
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when land is used to feed people instead of for "cash crops."
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Because there would no longer be a "profit" in starting wars,
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there wouldn't be a need for defense or military, thus releasing:
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1. 223.3 billion dollars worth of resources each year.
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2. 4.1 million active military personnel, direct-hire civilians and
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defense related workers.
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When the unnecessary departments are discontinued we could stop
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producing the supplies these departments had been consuming, i.e.,
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this would lower the demand for:
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1. office buildings
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2. office machines
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3. supplies
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4. furniture
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5. fixtures
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6. electricity
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7. fuel, etc.
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This would save millions of human work-hours and billions of tons
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of raw materials.
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Savings in check-out clerks, cashiers and cash registers alone
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would be fantastic.
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With no monetary cost for labor, rent, energy and machines, all
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factory waste materials could be reclaimed, processed and recycled --
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instead of polluting the environment. With free labor, the farmers
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would all be able to practice organic farming methods and produce more
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nutritious food and halt their pollution.
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There would be no inducement to rush new products into the
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market. They could be thoroughly tested to get all the bugs out and
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be sure they were safe and that their wastes could be reclaimed.
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With priceless economics there wouldn't be a reason for special
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interest groups to suppress cheaper energy sources, more efficient
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production and distribution methods and machines which used less or
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cheaper fuels.
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With priceless economics there wouldn't be a profit in designing
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planned obsolescence and planned deterioration into products. Instead
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products would be designed for utility, long life, efficiency, beauty,
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safety and be trouble-free and easy to repair with universal parts.
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Work would take on a new meaning. It would become an art and
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employees would all become artists doing creative things to make their
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products or services better and the process more enjoyable.
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People would no longer resist automation and robots because these
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machines would be employed to do the dangerous and boring work. This
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would further reduce human working hours.
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We may discover the fact that we have very little or no need for
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government, thereby saving most of the nearly trillion dollar budget
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and freeing 14.8 million more people for essential work. The few
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useful services which government now performs are:
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1. postal service
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2. fire departments
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3. sewer and water
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4. highways
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5. forestry
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6. parks, etc.
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These departments could function more efficiently without
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bureaucratic and political interference and without budget
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limitations.
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People would no longer have:
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1. money worries
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2. credit problems
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3. rent or mortgage payments
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4. unemployment
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5. taxes
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6. recessions
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There would be no need for TV commercials and war fear-mongering.
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This will reduce stress and restore hope and confidence. There would
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be an abundance of good food for everyone and much more free time to
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enjoy ones family and friends. Happy people get along better. People
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could then cooperate instead of compete and create a synergy which
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would yield more health, creativity, efficiency and happiness.
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There would no longer be a reason to create make-work projects.
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There is plenty of important work which needs to be done.
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Without the stresses of the Profit System people could enjoy
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working with the neat fantastic tools, machines and computers which
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industry provides. Work would then become a place that people could
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go to enjoy themselves, to gain satisfaction in creating beautiful
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products or services and enjoy the camaraderie that would be shared.
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Work could become our most treasured recreation.
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We have what it takes to produce abundance:
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1. resources2
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2. labor
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3. skills
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4. machines
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5. factories
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6. land3
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With an abundance of top quality products which were free, there
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would be no reason to take too much. Too much, is a burden and free
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things are not status symbols.
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Competing companies could then cooperate to produce the best
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products they could mutually design -- cooperation being more
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efficient than competition.
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The "Law of Supply and Demand" would function more efficiently
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when we work to fill the demand, rather than attempt to create the
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demand.
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This Motivation Revolution would work best on a world-wide scale
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because ALL the world's people would be far better off with this new
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system. Underdeveloped nations could then develop as quickly as they
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desired, with free guidance from advanced nations if they wished it.
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If we are able to increase the life of durable goods (cars for
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example) to only twice their present useful life, that alone would
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reduce the consumption of resources for durable goods by 50% and
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reduce working hours for their production by half.
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When the 38 million people now engaged in the above mentioned
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non-essential jobs; enter essential employment they will greatly
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reduce the working hours for everyone -- or, they will greatly expand
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certain fields, such as; research and development, reclamation of
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factory waste products, cleaning up the environment, working on
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organic farms, the space program and/or -- they may prefer to slow
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down the pace of all work to have more time to enjoy the journey
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through life.
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Priceless economics would create an almost Utopian atmosphere by
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eliminating 7 of the world`s greatest problems:
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1. war
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2. pollution
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2 Buckminister Fuller's "World Game" findings.
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3 There are 7.28 acres of food-growable land per person in the world.
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FAO Production Yearbook, 1981, Vol. 35, By Food and Agriculture
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Organization of the United Nations.
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3. starvation
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4. stealing
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5. taxes
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6. money worries
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7. government
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"Giving" produces better feelings than "selling." Getting
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something for "free" produces better feelings than parting with money.
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(Who can resist a Giver?) Being part of the work force which creates
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this near Utopia would be an Honor. Thus, we would pass something on
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to our children and grandchildren that future generations would be
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grateful for and remember us by, instead of the wars, pollution and
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starvation that our parents left for us. Some say that people don't
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deserve Utopia, but if people create it -- they will deserve it!
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TO END WARS & POLLUTION AND BEGIN UTOPIA:
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First--I think our job right now is to get the word out and get
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everyone talking and arguing about the Priceless Economic System.
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Second--I think after everyone understands Priceless Economics
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they can set a date to all stop taking pay and begin giving all
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products and services free of charge.
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"Progress is a matter of trying new ideas. For example, try --
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not beating your head against a brick wall, for a change. See how you
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like that."
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7/20/85 Ernest Mann
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Statement of Purpose:
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The Little Free Press is dedicated to the idea that we solve
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problems by first finding the primary cause of the problem and then
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focus on making changes in their area of "cause", instead of fiddling
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with layer upon layer of laws aimed at slowing-down the destruction
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(symptoms) i.e., finding and replacing the destructive motive with a
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life supportive motive.
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To encourage the discovery and use of one's individual POWER
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rather than giving it to a leader.
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Perhaps the essence of the LFP focus is in the area of total
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freedom and access to abundance for each individual.
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We might call this UTOPIA. "What the mind can conceive, it can
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create."
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
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The LFP is FREE, except please enclose 25 cents for postage in
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the U.S. for each issue you desire. Little Free Press, 2714 1st
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Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55408
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NO COPYRIGHT
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If you can relate to these ideas, please make copies of this
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issue and pass them around.
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About the author:
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The author was in business in Minneapolis for 22 years. He
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gained enough knowledge in economics to retire at the age of 42 in
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1969. Since then he has had the space to observe economics from a
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different perspective and the time to travel, read, observe, discuss,
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think, evaluate and form his own conclusions about the economic
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system, life and individual freedom which he presents in his
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newsletter, the Little Free Press. He distributes this free of charge
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(except for postage).
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