At 01:55 PM 1/28/01 -0500, Kat wrote:
>John D. Giorgis wrote:
>
>>Come on now, Jeroen - that's a bait and switch. I did not argue that
>>"low wage workers produce nothing of value." Rather, I argue that low
>>wage workers produce things of less value than other workers. There is a
>>huge difference between the two, and you argued against the former, not the
>>latter.
>
>Hi, John. I'm a low wage worker- below the poverty line, in fact. I
>produce your food, without which you would die. Obviously, a low-value
>product.
Actually, Kat - I think that I can say with a high level of confidence that
you have not produced a single bite that I have ever eaten. (Of course,
if you were are below the poverty line, I would strongly question how it is
that we are conversing over e-mail..... maybe you're at a library or
something.)
Rather, Kat your occupation is an anachronistic and inefficient process
that results in a byproduct of a marginal amount of surplus food. If the
amount of food produced by your farm (as I seem to recall it) disappeared
from the world market, the supply and price of food would be completely
unaffected. Therfore, the marginal value of your production is of very low
value, compared to larger and more efficient farms. Virtually all of the
food that I eat almost certainly comes from large and efficient farms that
produce large quantities of food very cheaply. Most farmers that run
these farms are actually fairly well off.
JDG
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