My english is limited so I am not sure I fully understand you. But of course you are correct, people should be responsible for what they do with their own money, nobody else should dictate that. I am particularly not sure what you mean by elitist, in this contest either.
But to trooly look at those money as the individuals own money the national oil company should be split in as many shares as Iraqis are today and distribute them, one share to each, otherwise it is the money of the society, for better and worse, and then we allways have to wonder what is better than something else, and consider the socialogical and political situation in different countries.
F.e. would changing Icelandic society overnight into a libertarian/conservative society would newer work or even be considered, but doing it little by little, maybe with things like mentioned here would be much more possible to sell to the public:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1282392/posts
In same way changing the Iraqi society will take time, and it should mostly be about making them ready for the day the oil runs out (or is replaced or tumbles in worth), and if they get used to get a monthly check from the government oil fund that can cover all their daily needs they will become used to it and increasingly decide not to bother to work, or even prepare for the future (as the money flows steadily) with pension investment. By distributing the money in this way will result in many ways similarly as how easy it is to live on welfare in Europe.
It is of course very difficult to construct a system that does not breed dependency and powerty, I doupt it is possible in fact, but the more individualistic and right winged the aproach is, the better.
Ps. Could you tell me how to let the text be leaning like you did with the quote?
"Elitist" comes from the word "elite," which means "the best of the best."Ps. Could you tell me how to let the text be leaning like you did with the quote?If I use the term I am referring to the socialist project of trying to convince people of the preposterous notion that government can be, and will be, composed of people who not only have the best interest of the people at heart, but are so smart that it would be foolish of you to retain your own freedom rather than exchanging it for letting them take care of you.
The short answer is by using the code, <I> to start the leaning text, called "italics" in English - and by using the code </I> to switch back to normal text.I will now repeat all of the text above, using a special code to replace "<" everywhere I used that code in the text. You can inspect it, then copy-and-paste it into a "Post Reply" window, and then click the "preview" button on the screen, just below where the text appears. The preview will show the effects of the code, rather than the code itself - and if you want to play around by deleting some of the <p> codes for example, you can do preview again and see the effects changing the code has.The intermediate-length answer is that
- codes to change the text, and to insert links and even pictures, is called "HyperText Markup Language," usually abbreviated "HTML."
- This web site accepts HTML codes, but it also does some good things without them provided that you use no HTML. Specifically, if you do use HTML for italics you also must use HTML to explicitly specify paragraph breaks. If you do not do that (by inserting <p>at the end of each paragraph), when your text is displayed all the paragraphs will run together and your text will be hopelessly hard to read.
The other thing you might miss is the fact that if you do use HTML, merely citing a web page address by typing its URL will not produce a hyperlink to that page. The address will appear simply as plain text.
The long answer is found in HTML Sandbox, among other places.
<I>My english is limited so I am not sure I fully understand you . . . I am particularly not sure what you mean by "elitist." </I> <blockquote>
"Elitist" comes from the word "elite," which means "the best of the best."<P>
If I use the term I am referring to the socialist project of trying to convince people of the preposterous notion that government can be, <I>and will be,</I> composed of people who not only have the best interest of the people at heart, but are <b>so smart that it would be foolish of you to retain your own freedom rather than exchanging it for letting <I>them</I> take care of you. </b> </blockquote>
<I>Ps. Could you tell me how to let the text be leaning like you did with the </I> <blockquote>The short answer is by using the code, <I> to start the leaning text, called "italics" in English - and by using the code </I> to switch back to normal text. <P>
The intermediate-length answer is that<UL>
<LI>codes to change the text, and to insert links and even pictures, is called "HyperText Markup Language," usually abbreviated "HTML."<P>
<LI>This web site accepts HTML codes, but it also does some good things without them <I>provided that you use <b>no</b> HTML.</I> Specifically, if you do use HTML for italics you <I>also</I> must use HTML to explicitly specify paragraph breaks. If you do not do that (by inserting <p>at the end of each paragraph), when your text is displayed all the paragraphs will run together and your text will be hopelessly hard to read. <P>
The other thing you might miss is the fact that if you do use HTML, merely citing a web page address by typing its URL will <I>not</I> produce a hyperlink to that page. The address will appear simply as plain text. </UL> <p>
The long answer is found in <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/802064/posts">HTML Sandbox</a>, among other places. </blockquote>