Three retired friends gathered in one’s backyard and along bourbonand beer discuss politics in 2036 election year when People’s InterestsParty, PIP, is to win second term in WH and huge majority in Congress.PIP wants to build a socio-economic system that will better serveinterests of the majority starting with transferring ownership ofmeans of production and capital from employers to employees. In theirsystem, employees will compensate employers based on value of theircompanies at set date and pay it over a period of time from results oftheir running the business, just like one would pay off any loan. Asowners, the employees now participate in running their businessesand decide how the wealth created is used following same principlesvalid for previous owners. In PIP’s system employees own equal partsof the company based on company’s value and number of employeeswhile hierarchical order is maintained.
Three retired friends gathered in one’s backyard and along bourbonand beer discuss politics in 2036 election year when People’s InterestsParty, PIP, is to win second term in WH and huge majority in Congress.PIP wants to build a socio-economic system that will better serveinterests of the majority starting with transferring ownership ofmeans of production and capital from employers to employees. In theirsystem, employees will compensate employers based on value of theircompanies at set date and pay it over a period of time from results oftheir running the business, just like one would pay off any loan. Asowners, the employees now participate in running their businessesand decide how the wealth created is used following same principlesvalid for previous owners. In PIP’s system employees own equal partsof the company based on company’s value and number of employeeswhile hierarchical order is maintained.
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