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To: Road Walker who wrote (347658)	8/20/2007 5:26:09 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574796

John, First you call Americans overpaid dummys, and then launch into some relative thing where all boats are being lifted. Which is it? It was a hypothetical example. I don't know have the actual numbers. As far as overpaid, if you are the only game in town, you can afford to overcharge and be overpaid. But that premium is disappearing as bigger and begger percentage of worlds population is competing on more equal footing. Of course not. But if not a zero sum game it's a competitive world for resounces and exports. I prefer that the US standard of living be higher than Slovakia... call me a bigoted patriot. Yeah, but we will have to fight for it and win it, since we are no longer the only game in town. Next thing you will be wishing for a world government. Maybe the UN should take over? No, far from it. What makes you think that from the my post? Joe

To: Road Walker who wrote (347658)	8/21/2007 5:11:48 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574796

The first thing you need to realize that there is an absolute standard of living and there is relative (US vs. the rest of the world). Most people don't know the difference between the 2, and because of that, are lead to all kind of fallacies. First you call Americans overpaid dummys, and then launch into some relative thing where all boats are being lifted. Which is it? This is quite a change for Jozef. He used to think that Americans walked on water but then Bush came along. So he's shifted his elitist views to the Eastern Europeans, not "Old Europe", of course, and the Asians whose "IQs apparently are higher" than ours....first I've heard that one. I just wonder if he talks like that with his coworkers.