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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Some of it , when read, doesn't sound so intolerable.  I especially liked 
section 13 where they talk of giving preferential treatment to middle-aged, 
slightly balding men .....bobf

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--- On Wed, 10/29/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [Homestead] Planks of the Communist Manifesto
> To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 11:15 AM
> 10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto
> 
> 1. Abolition of property in land and application of all
> rents of land to
> public purposes.
> 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
> 3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
> 4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and
> rebels.
> 5. Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by
> means of a
> national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
> 6. Centralization of the means of communication and
> transport in the
> hands of the State.
> 7. Extension of factories and instruments of production
> owned by the
> State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and
> the improvement
> of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
> 8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of
> industrial armies,
> especially for agriculture.
> 9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing
> industries; gradual
> abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a
> more equable
> distribution of the population over the country.
> 10. Free education for all children in public schools.
> Abolition of
> children's factory labour in its present form.
> Combination of education
> with industrial production
> -- 
> “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger.
> Anger leads to
> hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda
> 
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