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Posted By: Michael J McMillan <mjmcmillan@NOSPAM.sisna.com> In Response To: Very GOOD idea and here's why... (Sandi Bowman)
Thursday, 22 September 2005, at 6:21 p.m.
> Look at it this way: a majority of businesses in that area are, or will
> be, nonexistent. Where will the jobs come from unless someone provides
> them?
From the same place they would have come from before there was an Internet.
Yes, folks, once upon a time, before Bill Gates and Steve Jobs developed the toys we play with and sometimes work with today, there was no Internet. Back then, they occasionally had devastating hurricanes just as we do now, and when those storms blew everything away the people who lived there did something most remarkable--- they rebuilt their communities, often better than before, and carried on. They re-built businesses, hospitals, restaurants and factories and on and on. People did it because the place was their home,and they were industrious, and an industrious people will always find ways to employ themselves and each other when it comes time to re-build.
I live in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Way back in 1871 we had quite a fire. It burned down a sizable portion of the city, and naturally for a time there wasn't much in the way of regular work. People from near and far pulled together and re-built the city. Take a look at a picture taken of the city before the fire, and then another of the city a few years after the fire. Big difference, eh? And, all of it without the Internet. Don't worry, people will find something to do to earn a living. Just give them half a chance at real jobs, and get out of their way.
Now, a word about the idea being bandied about here: Most of these folk we're talking about would be Internet newbies. That, in Internet business, could very well be spelled "prey". It's hard enough for those of us with experience to avoid the predators. If you throw these new people into Internet business, it could resemble feeding time in a pirana tank really fast. They won't know, and they won't have near enough time to learn to avoid the scams. It could very well lead to worse ruin than the hurricane brought. Besides, not all people are cut out to run their own business. Some are, some aren't and thats a fact.
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