UK GUARDIAN:
Nearly a century after it was founded, Israel's first and most famous kibbutz has voted to give up its early socialist ideals and to privatise itself.RTWT. THIS IS GOOD NEWS. THE SOONER ISRAEL RIDS ITSELF OF SOCIALISM THE SOONER THEY WILL STRENGTHEN ECONOMICALLY. ROUND UP AT MEMEORANDUM.
The changes at Degania, which was founded where the Sea of Galilee meets the river Jordan, were agreed by a vote and come after a one-year trial in which residents for the first time received private salaries. In the past the 320 members of the kibbutz saw their salaries paid into a communal account and then received free services and an allowance based on need, usually determined by the size of their families. In future they will be paid varied salaries based on ability not need and, most importantly, they will be allowed to keep them. In return they will have to pay for services such as electricity and water and they will have to pay a progressive income tax into the kibbutz which will be used to support the least well off.
Although some have objected to the changes, the vote was carried by 85% and represents a trend throughout Israel's kibbutz movement. Around two-thirds of the country's 230 or so kibbutzim have adopted similar privatisation plans in recent years, an attempt to hold on to their community lifestyle in the face of the influence of the outside world.
1 comment:
I thought the Israeli defeat last summer was caused by socialism.
Socialism is about eliminating risk.
Capitalism is about risk vs reward.
I wrote a bit a while back about Olmert's Treachery.
Had he taken on Syria through attacks on Bekaa last summer, America would have taken on Iran. I think the '06 election results would have been very different if that happened.
Olmert screwed Bush.
Bush has been returning the favor when he could without seriously imperiling American interests. That policy will change once Olmert leaves.
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