Entry Submitted by SpiritVoyage at 7:07 PM EDT on October 8, 2019
When I was a boy I remember my father saying, " The road to hell is paved with good intentions." I didn't know what he meant.
It sounded like a contradiction in terms. Years later I read a historical novel by James Michener titled, " Hawaii". In it he tells about a group of christian missionaries in the 1800's who sailed from New England to Hawaii bringing bibles and lots of good intentions. Unfortunately they brought something else, various strains of measles and chicken pox. The native people had nothing in their immune systems to combat this and they died by the thousands. It was estimated that over two hundred thousand died. That's when I understood what my father was saying.
Now fast forward to Post RV.
Johnny Dough has just redeemed a bucket load of zim bonds. His main humanitarian project is to do a basic income for all the people living in his home state of Texas. He decides to start with the city of Austin and then move on to the other major cities before getting to the small towns. He decides that $9000 a month is a good figure and will provide for everyone's needs.
So he informs his bankers to collect names and addresses of all the residents of Austin and to start sending each one a check on the first of each month along with a letter telling them they will get a similar check monthly.
The first of the month comes and the checks go out and Johnny is beside himself with happiness. His dream is coming true.
But here's what actually happens. First, all the garbage collectors quit their jobs and garbage begins to pile up. Almost all of the municipal bus drivers and all the school bus drivers quit their jobs. Roads clog up big time around commute hours.
All the dishwashers in all the restaurants and more than 90% of all the waiters and waitress quit. Restaurants start closing very quickly. Bank tellers quit. Maids, janitors and house cleaners quit. $9000 a month ! They all think they've gone to heaven.
And remember, if they are married or living with someone, their monthly income is $18,000. Why work? All over the city clerks and cashiers are quitting their jobs. And the city is falling apart. But the worst part is food. Small grocery stores sell out their stock in the first week. Super markets can get out of town deliveries but once the trucks unload, there's no one to stock the shelves. And the cashiers have quit so middle management is working the long check out lines.
By the second week super markets are closing too and people are moving out of town as fast as they can. Johnny sees all this but doesn't know what to do about it. He tells his bankers to send letters to everyone that the program is suspended.
Johnny, after having basically brought his favorite city to its knees because he gave people too much money all at once, finally came to his senses and admitted to himself that he didn't know what he was doing as far as humanitarian work was concerned especially how basic income programs work. So he hired a crew of experts and asked them two questions. One, where did I go wrong, and two, what can I do to fix the situation?
He told them it was a rush order. They quickly came back with a ten pages list of damages he could get ready to pay for. That was fine with Johnny. The other question, what went wrong, was easy to spot, he gave too much money to people so they didn't have to work and the fabric of the community was broken as a result. But then what was the right amount? The experts agreed that the idea of basic income was good so they looked deeper by going out and interviewing the people that would be affected by the program.
They found that the number for that community that would help them along but not tempt to quit work, was $3000. Then one of the team members came up with a real good idea as experts are supposed to do. She suggested, what if you paid them $3000 a month, unconditionally and then paid them an additional $1500 a month if they kept working? That would give them incentive to stay on the job with their salary plus the $3000 plus the work bonus of $1500. It would take Johnny setting up some administrative centers around town to verify the work claims but he liked the idea so he did it.
As time went bye he was able to add other humanitarian services to those administrative centers like free taxis for the elderly, job training and employment possibilities, finding rooms and homes for the homeless, and many more things.
I guess the big lesson for all of us who plan on doing humanitarian work, is to look ahead before we leap. Look and see what our projects are ACTUALLY going to do to or for the people we are affecting. not just guess and rely on good intentions alone.
Towards a better world.
Signed,
SpiritVoyage
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Dinar Chronicles is not a registered investment adviser, broker dealer, banker or currency dealer and as such, no information on the website should be construed as investment advice. We do not support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any content or communications posted on this site. Information posted on this site may or may not be fictitious. We do not intend to and are not providing financial, legal, tax, political or any other advice to readers of this website.
Copyright © 2019 Dinar Chronicles
When I was a boy I remember my father saying, " The road to hell is paved with good intentions." I didn't know what he meant.
It sounded like a contradiction in terms. Years later I read a historical novel by James Michener titled, " Hawaii". In it he tells about a group of christian missionaries in the 1800's who sailed from New England to Hawaii bringing bibles and lots of good intentions. Unfortunately they brought something else, various strains of measles and chicken pox. The native people had nothing in their immune systems to combat this and they died by the thousands. It was estimated that over two hundred thousand died. That's when I understood what my father was saying.
Now fast forward to Post RV.
Johnny Dough has just redeemed a bucket load of zim bonds. His main humanitarian project is to do a basic income for all the people living in his home state of Texas. He decides to start with the city of Austin and then move on to the other major cities before getting to the small towns. He decides that $9000 a month is a good figure and will provide for everyone's needs.
So he informs his bankers to collect names and addresses of all the residents of Austin and to start sending each one a check on the first of each month along with a letter telling them they will get a similar check monthly.
The first of the month comes and the checks go out and Johnny is beside himself with happiness. His dream is coming true.
But here's what actually happens. First, all the garbage collectors quit their jobs and garbage begins to pile up. Almost all of the municipal bus drivers and all the school bus drivers quit their jobs. Roads clog up big time around commute hours.
All the dishwashers in all the restaurants and more than 90% of all the waiters and waitress quit. Restaurants start closing very quickly. Bank tellers quit. Maids, janitors and house cleaners quit. $9000 a month ! They all think they've gone to heaven.
And remember, if they are married or living with someone, their monthly income is $18,000. Why work? All over the city clerks and cashiers are quitting their jobs. And the city is falling apart. But the worst part is food. Small grocery stores sell out their stock in the first week. Super markets can get out of town deliveries but once the trucks unload, there's no one to stock the shelves. And the cashiers have quit so middle management is working the long check out lines.
By the second week super markets are closing too and people are moving out of town as fast as they can. Johnny sees all this but doesn't know what to do about it. He tells his bankers to send letters to everyone that the program is suspended.
Johnny, after having basically brought his favorite city to its knees because he gave people too much money all at once, finally came to his senses and admitted to himself that he didn't know what he was doing as far as humanitarian work was concerned especially how basic income programs work. So he hired a crew of experts and asked them two questions. One, where did I go wrong, and two, what can I do to fix the situation?
He told them it was a rush order. They quickly came back with a ten pages list of damages he could get ready to pay for. That was fine with Johnny. The other question, what went wrong, was easy to spot, he gave too much money to people so they didn't have to work and the fabric of the community was broken as a result. But then what was the right amount? The experts agreed that the idea of basic income was good so they looked deeper by going out and interviewing the people that would be affected by the program.
They found that the number for that community that would help them along but not tempt to quit work, was $3000. Then one of the team members came up with a real good idea as experts are supposed to do. She suggested, what if you paid them $3000 a month, unconditionally and then paid them an additional $1500 a month if they kept working? That would give them incentive to stay on the job with their salary plus the $3000 plus the work bonus of $1500. It would take Johnny setting up some administrative centers around town to verify the work claims but he liked the idea so he did it.
As time went bye he was able to add other humanitarian services to those administrative centers like free taxis for the elderly, job training and employment possibilities, finding rooms and homes for the homeless, and many more things.
I guess the big lesson for all of us who plan on doing humanitarian work, is to look ahead before we leap. Look and see what our projects are ACTUALLY going to do to or for the people we are affecting. not just guess and rely on good intentions alone.
Towards a better world.
Signed,
SpiritVoyage
______________________________________________________
If you wish to contact the author of any reader submitted guest post, you can give us an email at UniversalOm432Hz@gmail.com and we'll forward your request to the author.
______________________________________________________
All articles, videos, and images posted on Dinar Chronicles were submitted by readers and/or handpicked by the site itself for informational and/or entertainment purposes.
Dinar Chronicles is not a registered investment adviser, broker dealer, banker or currency dealer and as such, no information on the website should be construed as investment advice. We do not support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any content or communications posted on this site. Information posted on this site may or may not be fictitious. We do not intend to and are not providing financial, legal, tax, political or any other advice to readers of this website.
Copyright © 2019 Dinar Chronicles
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