Rev wrote:
Let us suppose that I am a roofer, with economic difficulties similiar to yours. Meanwhile, I have a child who needs help in school. If we were both members of
http://www.universalbartergroup.com the system could be used to bring us together and thus put the capital (your skill and my skill) we both have to work.
That's fine, and it would be barter. This transaction does not need the Barter bux you were talking about before. Between two individuals I would think it would also be legal and I doubt if it would draw attention from the Tax Office, but Wyld would know more about that. However it is not a new system.
I too question the existence of large pots of money under the bed. Certainly in most western countries a lot of the money that people spend is notional, and exists only in the debit column of some plastic card.
