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To: fatty who wrote (16595)	2/3/2004 10:29:05 AM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<<What if you work very hard but the Chinese and Indians work harder?>> You just made me focus on something I've never really thought too much about....that there have been few times in either my life or my spouse's life that we haven't worked two jobs at the same time. Whether it was working part-time in high school and college, or working days for the government and nights in retailing, or working in real estate while also pulling in money from another business on the side, or working days for the government and teaching SAS programming courses on the side....we've both worked pretty hard. Yet I don't think it was fear of running out of money that made us do that. We both seem to like to just make money. I know I couldn't wait to get out of college and start earning a full-time income. Yet whenever we suggest to our sons that they take on a little extra work, you wouldn't believe the groans and excuses we hear. I've got a younger one who tries out part-time jobs and discards them as having "too much stress". I see real trouble ahead for that fellow. <<gg>>

To: fatty who wrote (16595)	2/4/2004 4:34:36 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Hi fatty, RE: "What if you work very hard but the Chinese and Indians work harder?" I worked a tad harder than my CS project partner who was from IIT - he owes me one. And I put in more hours than some of the best Chinese students I lived with in the dorm. No, you shouldn't assume Americans cannot compete. Having competed with people from around the world, I think we can do it. RE: "What if you do a much better job than your parents but still won't get as good a retirement as your parents?" Retirees will do extremely well, if they are investors. This is why we need to have a program to get every poor and middle class person into privatized investments. RE: "What if your million dollar house is bought by an Australian Starbuck clerk thanks to the further depressed currency?" I don't think a house is an investment. RE: "I think it's time for responsible politicians to educate the mass to accept defeat early so it won't hurt as much later on." There's a lot to be gained. Think of how well our country has done by selling products into the USA market. Now imagine how well our country will do when we sell products to overseas markets that are equal in size to the USA. Are you ready for that type of growth? Regards, Amy J