tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post3708907088196811499..comments2024-01-24T10:39:27.668-05:00Comments on Coming Untrue: The Giant Reset ButtonDr. S. L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303707167715370504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-11103515762928248442016-05-24T17:00:22.723-04:002016-05-24T17:00:22.723-04:00What they were doing was essentially a lease trans...What they were doing was essentially a lease transaction by another name, yes. There were limited circumstances in which something changed hands outright, but if I recall correctly it was only when something was deeded to the priesthood and became God's. Everything else was, in effect, leased.<br /><br />And, yes, if followed such a system would definitely limit how much the rich could accumulate. A smart, hard-working man would always do better than a lazy, uninterested one, but he'd never benefit unreasonably, and the lazy man could never lose the family inheritance permanently. Today's affluent strata of society would be unlikely to embrace those kinds of restrictions.<br /><br />Also, Israelites were not allowed to lend at interest. I can't see North American kleptocrats going for that at all.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596708332568087278.post-37191417372157666442016-05-24T15:56:38.984-04:002016-05-24T15:56:38.984-04:00I wonder if that system could also work nowadays s...I wonder if that system could also work nowadays since it could make a serious dent in the complaint about unfair distribution of wealth that many are complaining about. <br /><br />Also, in those days, were they familiar with the concept of a lease, which, under the Jubilee system would have made more sense than buying and selling?<br />Qmannoreply@blogger.com