02-03-2010, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Wes Tausend
Dan,
Pick anybody and you can make the same case as for labor?
Not in a basic sense. I'm glad you are thinking about it anyway.
Farmer plants, raises and digs up a carrot in an act of labor. Sells it at the market, no additional salesman, bookkeeper, advertiser, designer or CEO. Farmer buys bacon and goes home, the money, the wealth, is made and spent by one.
You can only replace the farmer with another farmer, albeit maybe a cheaper farmer in a sort of intimidated reverse bidding of the working class. All these other people are middlemen and cause the price of carrots to go up by trading the original wealth back and forth or selling a slice. A lot of people live off one original carrot.
You forgot stockholders. What do they add besides chronic burden and the first carrot seed?
OK. You noticed I said no outside designer. Might have to give the almighty some credit on carrot design, but that's it. 
I hear an oar already calling again. Dang. 
Wes
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Sorry but the farmer is the CEO of an independent business. He is Management! Not a member of labor. But if the carrots are doing well, he might be looking to hire some labor.
Stockholder? Provide financing for the business.
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