When Jeff Sachs says every poor person should receive a free bed net, I agree - but in reality, many end up not receiving one. And I don't live in a world of shoulds.
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Folks, if you give people things for free, don't blame them for taking them.
People like getting what they think is free stuff from government.
A safety net for the poor indeed requires some level of income redistribution.
It's not fair that people save and work and pay for phones from whatever funds they have, and other people get them for free.
The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.
It's very, very hard to be generous and compassionate if you haven't got a dollar in you back pocket to pay for it, to actually pay for those services that people need.
The Net is not television. It is the finest direct-marketing mechanism in the history of mankind. It is direct mail with free stamps, and it allows you to create richer and deeper relationships than you've ever been able to create before.
If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature that you would make the most of it.
The 'Net is a waste of time, and that's exactly what's right about it.
We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.