I would also have concerns about skill-sharing on a barter basis, or bartering in general. While of course it benefits the participants, and even the local economy, it does not provide tax revenue to support social services. How is this approached in Totnes?
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I think that their attitude to skill sharing would generally be for the purpose of education for real economic activity, not for setting up a radical commune economy. Transition projects seem to be invariably pro-capitalism in practice. Lewes, Kenmare and Totnes have set up their own currencies in order to deliver more business to local enterprise.Originally Posted by Murra
The idea is to create a voucher system that is worth slightly less than the national legal tender. It is valid only in co-operating local businesses, who offer price parity with the national currency.
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"But do 'climategate' revelations justify the sceptics’ claims that this is “the final nail in the coffin” of global warming theory? Not at all. They damage the credibility of three or four scientists. They raise questions about the integrity of one or perhaps two out of several hundred lines of evidence."
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I don't understand. I start a thread that advocates the decentralising of political and economic power. Yet you interpret this to mean that I advocate dictatorship.
Could it be that you're trolling?
"But do 'climategate' revelations justify the sceptics’ claims that this is “the final nail in the coffin” of global warming theory? Not at all. They damage the credibility of three or four scientists. They raise questions about the integrity of one or perhaps two out of several hundred lines of evidence."
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