@Tfmonkey @RoninGrey She then proceeded to do the same and speak Juliet's part, but adapted the language to speak of the trials of scrubbing the floor.
It was all very adorable and wholesome.
@Tfmonkey @RoninGrey I had a wonderful RP interaction with my waifu today:
I came home and the floor was wet because she scrubbed it. She apologized for not timing the scrubbing better, but I magnanimously chose to enjoy the weather outside while she finished scrubbing.
I then proceeded to go to the kitchen window which is one story above the ground and begin speaking from the second scene of the second act of Romeo and Juliet, changing the language to be humorous and fit the context.
While this does not take advantage of the division of labor as effectively as if you completely specialized in a single occupation and paid for everything else with cash, it did create multiple streams of income for the household. In cases where you grew things to sell, you would sell the S and A-tier produce, and use the B-and below for yourself.
Reflecting on my business made me recall something: Many of our forefathers and many poorer people today didn't just have one job or even two jobs working shifts. Most had an occupation at which they worked and their household did whatever it could to get more money or cut costs. For example, if you wanted some extra cash maybe your wife would flowers to sell in town to restaurants for their tables...
After a few years of work, I have decided to close down my gardening, retail business because it's not profitable enough to justify the continued investment that I can spare in my local area.
On to the next endeavor!
Perhaps once my orchard becomes productive, I'll be able to have a market stall at the farmers' markets in the area instead.
Unfortunately, it seems that once welfare is made a public institution, if Rome is typical, it is only ever to be overturned by dictatorial power or by a situation in which the government is unable to provide the service in 476 AD, and there are insufficient records to conclude that it was perpetuated.
All this made me consider that famous phrase from Jesus, "The poor you will always have with you". It is an undeiable fact that poor people exist, and we don't need to talk about why they are poor; however, we have to live in a society with people who are poor. There are many things we can do to help the poor if we are so inclined individually such as the above mentioned food donations.
The practice itself is not longer practiced in the West, largely due to health regulations where businesses like bakeries are not allowed to give away bread that is stale (not moldy, just stale).
This specific practice of donating extra food after dinners was also seen throughout a great deal of the middle ages where it was seen as bad form for a wealthy individual to see that all the bread baked was eaten by their guests and family.
Prior to the dole itself being proposed, Roman Patricians were expected to be philanthropic with their wealth. This was not limited to donations for public works such as libraries, it was even a cultural practice at dinner parties to donate extra or leftover food to the poor around you.
Sulla as dictator abolished it, but it was brought back before 90 BC. Politicians quickly learned that they could win support with the populous of Rome and thus power with offices like Tribune thus giving them sway over the frequently seen street mobs of the late republic. It took dictators like Sulla and Julius Ceasar to remove or reduce the dole in one way or another.
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I was contemplating welfare and its disastrous effects in contrast with private charity.
Rome had issues with the public grain dole from its inception as a subsidized and price-fixed grain purchase and storage program in the republican era, which even though it was financed by tax increases, saw a precipitous increases in demand as all price-ceiling schemes do. Once it was implemented corruption set in and was frequently a topic of reform but not abolishment by politicians.
@Justicar reading through Judges and Kings in the Bible should make the it quite clear that even "God's chosen people" constantly screwed up and invoked God's anger. So the idea that Jews today could not possibly be in the wrong is not supported by Biblical standards. So I would appreciate anyone who calls himself a Christian to not give Israel a free pass to do whatever they want because they are "chosen."
A quick story: I parked near the barber in a small town near me. The closest shop's owner who is an old grandma happened to step outside momentarily. I asked which meter was mine because they were arranged in a strangely. (Don't ask.) She then put a quarter into my meter and said, "this one".
I bought something from her store as a thank you; I now have homemade, dark chocolate confections to savor which is an unexpected treat. Were they more than $0.25? Yes. I value them more than $0.25.
Some comments about Indians working in the west from my experience in white-collar, highly-technical jobs:
In my experience, those who are competent make up about 25% of the workforce, and I wouldn't know their work from any others' work. They can speak perfect English.
The rest in my experience either must be managed very closely and have their hands held, or are incompetent workers; the hiring company over-sold their skills.
Yes, I am THAT DoubleD.
No, I will not explain further.