Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
Actually money, private business, and trade of any kind was pretty much illegal so the black market included everything even food and other basics as well as "luxury" items.
I am talking about basic necessities. They simply were not always available unless you were among the party leadership.



Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
Actually I think many of them would be more ambitious. Right now, many see no reason to work more because if they make more money they lose the benefits they currently have. To put it simply, working a little harder doesn't make their lives better. If those benefits were not tied to them remaining poor, they all of a sudden have a stronger incentive to work more.
You make a great case for cutting back on the current handouts. If you are getting so many handouts that you lose out by working, you are getting too many.