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USE
OUR
REVOLVING
DISRUPTERS OF SOUND ECONOMY
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Accelerating welfare expendi–
tures, the credit explosion, ever-spiraling woge demands, costly worfore
are sorne mojor factors keeping an economy in turmoil.
was responsible for another catastrophe
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ttrbanization.
The flight from farm
to city is the root cause of most
intemal
economic woes.
It
is the primary cause
of runaway welfare, labor's exorbitant
wage demands, consumer debt, unem–
ployment, insecurity, and other personal
economic crises.
Land and its produce are the basis for
all human security. When the land is
ruined by improper farming, or if the
land is abandoned for a ghetto apart–
ment and an industrial job, that security
is lost. Unemployment and rising prices
cnsuc. Thc cnd result is an artificial
economy, artificial money, artificial secu–
rity, and a totally artificial
way of life.
In the end, economists find thcm–
selves forccd to deal with effects -
unemployment, rampaot wclfare, com–
modity price chaos and so on. Thcy
lose sight of the fact that the major
cause of "interna!" economic wocs is
the original dislocation of society.
The Fruits of a Dislocated
Econom
y
As nations are dislocated -as mass
migration from farms to cities occurs
- the economic woes bccome evident.
R;maway tl'e/fare
is a case in point.
As post-World War I Southern share–
croppers and "Dust Bowl" drifters
arrived in the city canyons of America,
jobs weren't always waiting for them.
On the other hand, city dwcllers began
to find jobs scarcc because of the influx
of farmers. Often, thcrc was no avail–
able income other than the wclfare rolls
of an already near-bankrupt municipal
government. The trend hasn't changed
much. As
The
PLAIN
TRUTH reported
in February, public-assistance rolls vir–
tually doubled between 1965 and 1970.
As a result, many city and state
governments are dangerously near
bankruptcy. Thcre is no solution to
this fiscal insolvency until removal of
the root cause - the urban packing
of huge masses of unskilled people.
Another by-product of our social
structure •s the seeming impasse between
labor and management. Most people are
willing to work hard if motivated. But
what motivation is there in riveting
exactly 1381 rivets (union maximum)
for $3.56 per hour (union mínimum)
on thc scrceching assembly Jine of a
smog-infested city? Eventually such
workers will want high wages for the
same productivity, because their pro·
duction has
nothing
to do with their
lives, and their salary has
everything
to
do with their Jives.
The grcat feeling of malcontent
among urban wage earners is a contrib–
uting factor to the great prcoccupation
with
esrttpe.
Many workers find no
challengc in their work and have few
established goals in life. As a result,
such workers become overly mesmerized
by personal activities, recreation and
material conquests.
To seck plcasure and solace in
"things" requires more money. After
all, television sets, boats, and sleck new
cars are not
given
away. This has led to