Re: American's time shortage

"JZAH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On 25 Sep 2003 11:41:51 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RH) wrote:
>
> >Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> 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.
>
Let's qualify that -- American GOVERNMENT doesn't care about Iraq. There are
many American's, like myself, who are thoroughly disgusted with our
government's collusion with the corporate sector in empire-building,
bullying, and war-mongering. Time to throw the rascals out. (And you can
bet, with the (un)Patriot(ic) Act (1 & 2), that some power-hungry
neo-conservative will catch this post in some civilian spy filter.)

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Byron "Barn" Canfield