The level of these taxes would be set so as to ensure that the community banks had adequate funds for all who wished to take out loans. Indeed as capitalism breaks beyond national boundaries and by means of automation learns to do without labour it has never been healthier. There are greens who believe that the black economy could give birth to a society of self-reliant artisans. They should take a glance at the third world where traditional artisans livelihoodshave been destroyed by the establishment of modern capitalist enclaves. Capitalism cannot be bypassed - it must be confronted.
Greens believe in a democratic, decentralized society of self-reliant individuals.
Given that work is such a major part of peoples lives we cannot ignore this area. Further to leave economic life in the hands of a small group of powerful individuals makes a nonsense of democracy and could undermine our attempts to protect the environment.