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To: epicure who wrote (82210)	6/20/2000 1:57:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I don't think you can equate an individual's equality with the amount of wealth they have managed to acquire on any given day. The equality written about (and in some cases alluded to) by the Founding fathers of the United States of America has as its definition inalienable rights. The equality the current U.S. government is employing is actually subverting some of those inalienable rights.

To: epicure who wrote (82210)	6/20/2000 2:01:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<- it's about the perception of equality.>> Math works that way. In reality one may have marvelous things that the other does not and would pay half of his million to get. In the 70s there were lots of equity studies done in the workplace. I remember one in which the researchers were trying to figure out how workers perceived their position. What they found in this study is that the worker tends to identify a "similar other" in the work place and make comparisons against that. If they perceived themselves as similar to another who was getting a much better deal, then they became agitated about it. The definition of "similar other" was tricky as it had to come from the worker and not the observers. For example: some times women identified with men doing the same job, some times not.