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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4024236" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="https://www.mikegravel.org/home" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mikegravel.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mg_web_logo_two_color.svg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><strong>The Right to Own</strong></strong></span></p><p>Job insecurity is a terrifying thing, and our economic system mandates that businesses shut down their stores, lay off their employees, and close their offices in a never-ending cycle of feast and famine. But while businesses come and go, people’s livelihoods don’t have to. Based on the U.K. Labor Party’s policy of the same name, the Right to Own would be a policy of employees being the first to be able to buy out a company when it’s going under or being sold. They have the right of first refusal: whether it’s being bought by another company or going out of business, <strong>the employees will be able to buy out their workplace and ensure that they get to control their own business, income, life, and livelihood.</strong></p><p></p><p>The United States should:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Institute a policy of the Right to Own, ensuring that, when a company is being sold or is going out of business, the first group that has the chance to buy out the business’s assets and IP are the workers themselves.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Give grants and/or loans to these businesses if they decide to reorganize as a cooperative: a corporation that is run democratically by the workers, where each member of the company votes on management, parts of their contract, the general direction of the company, and more, with the specifics depending on how the cooperative decides to organize. These cooperatives are known for extremely high rates of productivity, worker satisfaction, benefits, and wages.</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Set up a federal program to help these– along with all other– cooperatives, teach them how to operate, and ensure that they are self-sufficient.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4024236, member: 56035"] [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.mikegravel.org/home'][IMG]https://www.mikegravel.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mg_web_logo_two_color.svg[/IMG][/URL][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][B]The Right to Own[/B][/B][/SIZE] Job insecurity is a terrifying thing, and our economic system mandates that businesses shut down their stores, lay off their employees, and close their offices in a never-ending cycle of feast and famine. But while businesses come and go, people’s livelihoods don’t have to. Based on the U.K. Labor Party’s policy of the same name, the Right to Own would be a policy of employees being the first to be able to buy out a company when it’s going under or being sold. They have the right of first refusal: whether it’s being bought by another company or going out of business, [B]the employees will be able to buy out their workplace and ensure that they get to control their own business, income, life, and livelihood.[/B] The United States should: [LIST] [*]Institute a policy of the Right to Own, ensuring that, when a company is being sold or is going out of business, the first group that has the chance to buy out the business’s assets and IP are the workers themselves. [*][B]Give grants and/or loans to these businesses if they decide to reorganize as a cooperative: a corporation that is run democratically by the workers, where each member of the company votes on management, parts of their contract, the general direction of the company, and more, with the specifics depending on how the cooperative decides to organize. These cooperatives are known for extremely high rates of productivity, worker satisfaction, benefits, and wages.[/B] [*]Set up a federal program to help these– along with all other– cooperatives, teach them how to operate, and ensure that they are self-sufficient. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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