Re: American's time shortage

On 25 Sep 2003 11:41:51 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RH) wrote:

>Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> RH wrote:
>> > The following was copied from:
>> > 
>> > http://www.simpleliving.net/timeday/
>> > 
>> > American's are putting  in longer hours on the job now than we did in
>> > the 1950s...
>> > 
>> > In fact, we're working more than medieval peasants did, and more than
>> > the citizens of any other industrial country. 
>> 
>> 
>> One European country recently had a national strike for a 6th week of 
>> annual vacation.  American workers are lucky to get two, and usually 
>> have to work extra hours before and after to catch up.
>> 
>> Americans (the ones who still work) are being worked to death to support 
>> the social welfare state.
>
>
>I disagree - we're being worked to death to support ceo's who now make
>a hundred or more times what their avg worker is paid. Back in the 40s
>& 50s CEO's only made about 10x of what their avg worker was paid.

We are working to death because everybody wants to live a high
consumption lifestyle, and besides, if you don't, you will be eating
dog food when you're old.  

If you don't own an equity property by age 65, you are in a deep pile.
That's the reality.

>Also, we're spending hundreds of billions on weapons of mass
>destruction (ie: the military industrial complex). Europeans are
>smarter than us - they don't let their policians piss off other
>countries for the benefit of the owners of the politicians (corporate
>lobbyists)like we do, so they don't need a huge military. 

Smarter or not, Europeans are socialists who believe that quality of
life is a primary consideration at all levels of government.  In many
respects, QOL is far superior in Europe, & the lack of large military
structures is a major reason for it.  However these are also closed &
elitist socities.  

>Exxon made
>their largest profit ever during the quarter that coincided with
>Bush's Iraqi invasion - 5 billion dollars - and of course they love
>their brother Bush! The overwork situation makes it hard for
>American's to pay attention to the news, the major networks often tell
>only one side of the story, and of course it's hard for an uninformed
>population to participate intelligently in a democracy. It looks like
>the 'leaders' like this very much.

America doesn't care about Iraq.  That is the truth.

JZAH