From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!hou5f!hou5d!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxb!houxq!houxo!wakeup
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: A way to be working parents
Article-I.D.: houxo.146
Posted: Mon Jan 31 12:29:16 1983
Received: Tue Feb  1 04:57:35 1983
References: floyd.1124

The method suggested is VERY unique but very impractical. One would be giving
up more than general privacy. Sharing incomes, housing, raising of children,
etc. leaves extreemely little privacy. I also question the legal problems
of such a situation. Two examples:
     1. One couple for employment reasons must move to another city.
        What is their obligation to the "group" and how is a replacement
        found and decided upon? How is the value of house they "sell"
        determined and paid for? 
     2. Suppose after a while one of the "partners" of the group loose
        their job and decides not to work? How do you force them to 
        do their share? 
One last problem I see. Sharing everything communally does breed problems.
If I have an interest in doing X will I be stopped because no one else
wants me to do it? What if everyone else wants to do Y and I do not, must
I still contribute? I see a great loss of freedom in addition to privacy.