[net.politics] money is its own reward

colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (03/03/85)

> In a free market, the amount of money you make corresponds directly
> to the excess in value of the services you have performed that others
> wanted, over those they have done that you wanted.  In other words,
> how much unrequited good you have done.  Some people would consider
> that rewarding.

A friend of mine who's a pimp says he agrees with that.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...decvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel

fagin@ucbvax.ARPA (Barry Steven Fagin) (03/05/85)

In article <976@gloria.UUCP> colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:
>> In a free market, the amount of money you make corresponds directly
>> to the excess in value of the services you have performed that others
>> wanted, over those they have done that you wanted.  In other words,
>> how much unrequited good you have done.  Some people would consider
>> that rewarding.
>
>A friend of mine who's a pimp says he agrees with that.
>-- 
>Col. G. L. Sicherman
>...decvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel

Good thing prostitution is illegal, so that pimps can earn a good living
acting as intermediaries between hookers and their potentially embarassed
clients.  After all, in places where prostitution is legal (Nevada, parts
of Europe), there are no pimps.

--Barry

-- 
Barry Fagin @ University of California, Berkeley