[HPforGrownups] Re: Mindy: Some possible avenues of thought.

[Yis M Koslowitz]

No: HPFGUIDX 24285




> Didn't someone suggest a shadow school or a front for
> Hogwarts?  That instead of entering "Hogwarts" on the
> form, it'd be "Horntail" or some such on paper.
> 
> little Alex
> 


I don't understand why it's necessary to go out into the Muggle world.
Actually, in terms of jobs, I buy a lot of stuff that could be wizard
made. Little crystal unicorns, rustic handmade stuff, even hand-woven
cloth. So it may not even be necessary to have a Muggle job, identity.
Maybe there's an exportation dept. at Gringotts. It's a little bigoted to
assume that wizards would NEED to live in our world. I'm still a
proponent of an open "wizard/muggle economy."

And Rita wrote:
I keep trying to figure out the wizarding economy. It keeps not having
enough people for people to be able to actually make a being selling
robes or playing Quidditch or most of the things they do for jobs. The
income from most of their jobs would be more in the range of income from
a hobby. The only way I can make it make sense to me is if all the
wizarding folk, in addition to their inheritances, wages, etc, receive a
subsidy that is probably only enough for bare subsistence. I like to
think that wizarding money DOES grow on trees, very special trees that
are in MoM custody, and the subsidies sent to each wizard each year come
from that year's harvest of those trees. 

No, no, please don't make all the wizards be on the dole!!!!!!!! Trust
me, you can make a great living making a lot of things wizards could
make. Who knows - maybe some car companies have secretly subcontracted
with wizards to put Unbreakable charms on things. I think the economy can
work. I think for the Weasleys, it's just a strain bec. of tuition,
books, Floo powder etc. Also, MoM employees probably are paid low bec.
everyone expects them to take kickbacks. 

Robyn, who says 
"Thanks for the welcome!"