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["A.J. Maurin" <coyo AT darkdna.net>]

Quinn Wood wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:44 PM, A.J. Maurin <coyo AT darkdna.net> wrote:
> > Still, creating a currency to implement an unconditional basic income is an
> > interesting approach I didn't consider.
> It works, as do alternative economies based in something other than a
> state-issued currency, when the bottom of the economy accepts it.
> Otherwise cost of living varies so much that I live in riches while a
> New Yorker lives in a box. It's still interesting, but the really
> challenging part is getting to that point.
The challengling part is getting individuals who have products and 
services to offer to accept any alternative currency.

This is why I love small businesses, especially cottage industries and 
home economies. If small ranches, farms, small businesses, and other 
small producers are willing to join the economy of a shiny new 
alternative currency and associated economy, then you've gotten past the 
hardest part.

Most big businesses and the backbone industries of mainstream society, 
in any country, will not be keen on anything they didn't personally 
invent or build, and I don't blame them, however, this is at odds with 
my personal approach, which is a bottom up approach in most regards.