Hi Tim

Bartering could return the world to a balance of wealth. Many Australíans love to travel in Asian countries like Thailand, Bali etc because they can barter.

At present the wealth lies in the hands of the few... and they just get wealthier..... sapping the life out of everyone...... forever lifting financial targets to meet each year... staff having nervous breakdowns trying to meet the hígher quota levels every year that is expected of them. Cutting back on staff so those left behind are doing the jobs of 3 people.... Making it so the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.... The world is run by Ogres!

When governments have played with or wasted the money made on human blood, sweat and tears, they turn around and take from the very poor. Change has to happen because it simply cannot go on this way.... some of those futuristic movies cóme to mind.... of starving people milling around begging for food and stealing etc....using all their rustic cunning to survive. If the world is to heal, then bringing back bartering is one way of doing so. Give people back their self respect. All that is going to happen with taking from the already poor is build a larger more powérful criminal element and make the world a far more dangerous place than it already is.

Pen