4 ~ Friday, March 29, 1985 - North Shore News by Bob Hunter Love of money first dim understanding of what that meant, Te profit motive. From the moment of my a certain amount of moral confusion set in. Profit. That had some- thing to do with ‘‘gain,"’ didn’t it? And gaining meant ‘getting,’ and wasn’t there something selfish abou! get- ting things for oneself? In sharp contrast to this disquieting notion of allow- ing yourself to be goaded in- to action in the name of per- sonal greed, stood the vastly beautiful idea of charity. Oh . yes. Greed versus charity. Profit motive versus the profitless motive. I think, when you break a let of political issues down, you find a spiritual question hiding there behind the facade of realpolitik. For instance, if I had been able tc feel cornfortable right from the start with the idea of being motivated more by money that just about anything else you could name, I could have calmly grown up as a con- servative and made my mil- lion by now. ° . Instead, I got suckered in by all that Christian rehetoric about loving one’s fellow man, et cetera. And, let’s face it, Jesus Christ Portabia Stereo Cassette: Recorder” . AM/FM. shortwave : ' @Full range speakers. with. - - stereo wideness os 0. :: e2 year warranty ” : Hurty!... - while they last. probably was the world’s first socialist. All this con- cern for the meek.... It goes without saying that people are motivated by much more than mere pesos, frances, yen, HK_ dollars, gold or clothing coupons. We are motivated, tou, by physical hunger, fear of pain, passion and a weird psychological eqivalent of all this called belief, But after that comes the idea of bettering your lot. And to better your fot, as they’re Jearning in China, you've got to show a profit. I only visited one country where the profit motive was officially all but banned, and that was Cuba. It was ob- vious from the. first moment there that the profit motive was alive and well. In every way they could, the sharp-eyed Cubans were finding niches where they could prosper both in- dividually and as a people. They had even incorporated the use of charge cards. Cit- izens were encocuraged to save their pesos by an offer of one per coent interest per ow year. Onthe streets? Young guys were offering four Cuban pesos for an American buck. Sooner or later’ we all learn that if you want to get somebody to do something for us, the quickest, most efficient way is to hire somebody. . The urge for profit is the urge for control. If you don’t control your environ- ment, it will control yuu. For most people, money is just a tool for fending off ill fate. or buying a rhododen- dron bush, shaping reality more to their liking. Nothing wrong with that. I don't believe, for in- stance, in allowances. Around my house, the kids get paid to do various jobs. No work, no pay. At first, the idea isn't wel- comed with shouts of joy from the peanut gallery. But once the piggy bank has fill- ed up and junior has gone out and bought his . first digitalized toy spaceship, there’s very little need for further encouragement. That’s profit motive! Sure gets them going, doesn’t it? Once you've got that prof- it, you can split it up any way you want. But I do notice that most philan- thropisis tend to be wealthy. The rest of us, you know, well, it takes at least three Church fire cause stil! unknown THE CAUSE of the blaze that ravaged St. John's Anglican Church in North Vancouver last month is still unknown. Although arson was highly suspected, North Vancouver RCMP are not‘ releasing any details about their investiga- tion into the fire. 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