Minor clarification 2009.May.03 to answer misconceptions that some people have expressed: Marxian socialism/communism had the concept of "to each according to his need, from each according to his ability", directly applied to need for money/services and ability to do useful work.
My system is very different. I apply Marx's idea only to getting a job, not to payment for work. Everyone is entitled to a job regardless of whether he/she is good or not good at getting jobs (convincing some stranger to hire the worker). Jobs are supplied by the system, automatically, per the worker bidding on contracts, requiring only the ability to navigate the bidding process and choose tasks which the bidder is likely to be able to perform.
But pay for work is totally non-Marxist. The worker gets paid only if the worker completes the contracted work adequately. Need for pay is irrelevant to my system, except insofar as nobody would bother to bid on a contract if they didn't feel that they needed (or desired) the pay which would result from completing the contract. TOP