Re: Say NO NO NO to Wal-Mart!!!

Dave Hall wrote:
> Jonathan Ball wrote:
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>> Dave Hall wrote:
>> > Jonathan Ball wrote:
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>> >>Doug Kanter wrote:
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>> >>>"Jonathan Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> >>>>People earning minimum wage don't generally have families.
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>> >>>Where did you hear that???
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>> >>It's based on age.  People earning minimum wage are
>> >>generally very young, in their first jobs.  Virtually
>> >>no one earning minimum wage 3 years ago is earning
>> >>minimum wage today.
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>> > Unless, of course, they lack motivation.
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>> In which case, then, too damned bad for them.
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> 
> My thoughts exactly......
> 
> Dave
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> 

There are all sorts of circumstances that keep many of those trapped at
the bottom at the bottom. A good number of these circumstances are
beyond the control of those that have to live with them.

Some of us see the U.S. economy as a bus that can only move forward if
there is a seat for everyone. It's okay if there are a few rich people
at the front of the bus, a huge number of people in the middle of the
bus, and a few really poor people in the back of the bus. Those in the
back, however, have to be able to move up to the better seats, even if
they haven't whatever wherewithal is necessary.  There are some who
can't even get on the bus for any number of reasons, and the bus has to
accommodate them, too.

If we can't *all* move down the highway together and make progress, and
I mean even the poorest amongst us, then the damned bus needs to be
stopped. *There has to be room for everyone on the bus.*

If not, then the ride isn't worth taking, and we'll have invent a new bus.

I suppose that's the major difference between those of us who care about
our brothers and sisters and people like you two, who are self-centered,
smug, selfish Konservatrash, and who don't really give a tinker's dam
about those who are at the bottom. Both of you do define the term
Konservatrash.

I'm in downtown DC several days a week. As I walk from one appointment
to another, I usually encounter some homeless or otherwise visibly
impoverished people. A high percentage of these folks are mentally
unbalanced, and some seem to be suffering from schizophrenia. I stop and
talk to some of these people, and on occasion, I'll give one of them $5
or $10. You know what? Virtually all of them are higher on the scale of
humanity than you two.




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