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To: Road Walker who wrote (246865)	8/21/2005 7:41:54 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571443

John, You are splitting hairs. And "challenging" is a huge understatement. I was trying to agree with you. But if the breakdown of the family (the biggest reason of the people on the very bottom end) is splitting hairs, maybe you are thinking about "fixing" the problems of the world of 20, 40 or 60 years ago, not the current one. re: On principle that he is a US citizen? No on principle that he is doing an honest days work in the wealthiest country in the world. Maybe you should expand on this, what this means beyond he slogan. A lot of the honest work which pays well has been exported to China, where they continues as honest work with honest pay - but on the Chinese pay scale. I think corporations and private employers have to take a moral stand and pay living wages. Profits for the S&P 500 are at an all time high, pay for top execs is at an all time high, while wages are close to flat. Fairness. I think you've got it! Problem solved! Too bad you are more interested in problem solving in your imaginary world, and less in the real world in 2005. I don't have the whole answer. I have one theory which would help all American workers marginally, and I will repost it, if you are interested. But I know what will not help: Chasing more business off-shore by making on-shore operation unprofitable. I guess bottom line that's the difference between you and I... you worry more about the well being of the Chinese and the Indians, and I worry more about Americans. Have you ever considered that your prescription may have an unintended consequence of doing just the opposite? Joe

To: Road Walker who wrote (246865)	8/22/2005 1:21:05 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571443

re: But before we settle to something stable like that, I think we will deal with a lot of upheaval resulting from billions of Chinese, Indians and residents of former communist block, who have been freed from the socialist shackles, who are score well on the merit scale, and are hungry to gain the living standard appropriate for their abilities on the meritocratic scale. I guess bottom line that's the difference between you and I... you worry more about the well being of the Chinese and the Indians, and I worry more about Americans. Hmmm......you are??? Then why aren't you up in arms over the record level of pork a GOP congress passed this year? A GOP senator from Alaska just got a $225 million bridge approved to go to an island with 50 people. That's money that could have been used for security vests in Iraq. I didn't hear your cry of protest. Which Americans are you worried about, big joe............the rich ones?