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making allowances
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Just because they get paid for doing something doesn't make it a "market" economy. The Russians got paid to do lots of things (like build cars that didn't work). And I'm not sure they had much choice in the matter anyway.
That said, if you want to hold firm againt the alienation of labor, I guess you have a point.
(daddy, where do you go every day in the morning?)
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I don't mean to shield my children from the reality that they'll have to work for a living someday, but I don't want them to think that they're doing their chores because they'll get paid. From each according to his ability, to each according to his need, etc.
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