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To: dave rose who wrote (91848)	8/27/2001 12:33:27 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 132070

dave, you missed the big category -- domestic servants. It takes a low wage standard for common labor in order to make domestic service be a step up for workers. I sometimes think that the wish "maybe we can get decent help, as in the old days" is a motivator for those who set the policies.

To: dave rose who wrote (91848)	8/27/2001 12:34:17 PM
From: shadowman	Respond to of 132070

The gregariousness and sociability of some elevator operators added much to the experience.<gg> They also may have added to the lessening of crimes committed on elevators? There are peripheral social values to a lot of these occupations. Like a lot of questions raised in this ongoing discussion, the economic and social costs aren't always symbiotic. Could not some of the mentally handicapped people be hired as operators and be gainfully employed if the wages were lower? Not sure that the morass of wage laws would allow for "lower wages"? You raise some interesting questions.