"The basic needs of a human being, which today a person must fight for and request the right to earn a living and cause a commotion when this right is not afforded him, comprise in essence five elements: food, housing, clothing, the possibility of educating one`s children and the possibility of receiving medical attention in the event of illness. In Hebrew, these five elements may be arranged according to initials: Mazon (food), Ma`on (housing), Malbush (clothing), Moreh, (education) and Marpeh (medical care). The `five M`s`.

With regard to all these elements, there exists in every country and in every period a certain conception of the required minimum. And the duty of the state, in my conception, must be to provide these to any citizen who declares that he is in need of them. This is the first of my `laws.` From this, it must be ensured that the state possesses the possibility to provide these `five M`s` to all those citizens in need of them. How will the state acquire this? The answer to this is my second `law`. The state will acquire this possibility by obligation from the nation, as today it imposes other taxes and requires that young people serve in the military.

In my conception, the government will, each year, calculate the number of individuals to whom the `five M`s` will need to be provided over the coming period. That is, there will be a need for such and such tons of food, such and such housing units etc. And to provide this, there will be a need for such and such money and such and such working hours. And the state will impose on the citizenry each year the appropriate level of taxation, or will employ the use of a particular number of private concerns, or recruit the appropriate number of young people for `social service`. While I am not a great statistician, I am sure that this will cost much less than for example the maintenance of an army today costs. Thus the social question will be adequately addressed."