Re: Shahab on soap!

[Keith Howe <kkhowe@moscow.com>]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Ken Medlin wrote:

> purchases based on sounder values. An economy driven by monetary policy, 
> rather than by need-based and conservation ethics, fosters more of those 
> behaviors. There are alternatives, but our educational and information 

"Socialism means production to satisfy human needs -- not as under
capitalism for sale and profit" (http://www.slp.org/What_Is.htm).

I just wanted to point you and the list to the homepage of the Socialist
Labor Party of America: http://www.slp.org. If you are serious about the
standpoint you espouse in this reply, it should provide a good source of
information for you and the other members of this list interested in
examining in further detail the system of government which has already
been well developed to follow this ethical thread. It seems that the
majority of the postings recently concerning local business vs. "national
monopolistic ventures" are strongly opposed to the free market system, and
I present the above link as a starting point to alternative ideas for you.

On the other hand, those interested in further reading and action on a
true free market system can try the homepage of the Citizens for a Sound
Economy, located at http://www.cse.org. 

Finally, those who think the status quo is working just fine can always
fallback to http://www.democrats.org or http://www.republicans.org.

  - Keith Howe