tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post5994640010889452076..comments2023-11-02T12:16:19.495+02:00Comments on The Jewish Worker: Are גמ"ח's a bad thing?blukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774763780910614203noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-38052453513504544752009-11-30T17:44:33.243+02:002009-11-30T17:44:33.243+02:00I linked by the way. Thanks!I linked by the way. Thanks!Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-42773468939885220612009-11-30T02:02:21.078+02:002009-11-30T02:02:21.078+02:00I could not agree more with your premises that gem...I could not agree more with your premises that gemach lending is doing harm. The idea of running from gemach to gemach, as we read about so often, is evidence of that. <br /><br />I believe in interest free lending, as I would hope every Jew does. But the halacha is that loans should not be given where the person will be unable to pay back. It makes little sense to me that there is no a gemach "credit reporting agency" where those in charge of communal money know that person already is overextended. And of course it makes little sense for a community (Chareidi or Modern) to be living the lifestyle of the rich and famous on less than rich and famous earnings.<br /><br />Thrift isn't just an American Christian concept. . . . .Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11287959.post-702510843029270742009-11-29T17:19:10.288+02:002009-11-29T17:19:10.288+02:00Why do you limit your critique to the chareidi wor...Why do you limit your critique to the chareidi world? In more modern circles where the price of the wedding will be 100k, tuition is 20k+ per kid in many schools, etc. it is also impossible to have a normal job and provide for a family of even 3-4 kids. The system for all groups only has 2 levels: the rich who have no problem paying for it all, and everyone else trying to keep up by living one step out of poverty on borrowed money.Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.com