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p-lap! not to be argumentative, but because I enjoy a good discussion on such things (and to draw some fire from poor mr. jake) I would state that in your initial post you referred to a trend, but in your subsequent post you quote a statistic - a snapshot in time. I would suggest that the numbers you quote will change, and quite quickly as the boomers mile-out.
second, whether a person does not work because the remuneration is not good enough for their inflated sense of worth, or they work but get compensated for more than the actual value of their work, the end result is the same - an unsustainable economy.
on first blush I would applaud mr jake on his initiative, as it is socialism at it's best - an equalisation of resources amongst the people (an electronic potlatch). on closer examination, however, it is quite machiavellian - a false economy that only exists in the echo chamber of the facebook crowd, as twit-wits crowd-source this, buy that with bit coins, and collectively pat their 'friends' on the back in smug smugness. meanwhile the rich watch with amusement as the middle-class work hard at making themselves poor.
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