At 07:40 17-9-01 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
> > This poses an interesting problem: should whoever rebuilds the WTC be paid
> > only the real costs, or should he be allowed to make a profit?
> >
> > The former will go against the very principles of capitalism. The latter
> > however would mean that someone would be making millions of dollars in
> > profits because of (IOW: he would be profiting from) the deaths of several
> > thousand innocent people...
>
>Poppycock.
>
>Utter rot.
>
>Bullsh*t.
>
>Did I miss anything? If you're serious about the latter, then *every*
>single business that has a damn thing to do with the WTC and Pentagon
>rebuilding/renovation is profiting from the terror.
>
>In case you're too addled to understand, employees of construction companies
>need to get paid, because they need to feed, clothe and shelter their
>families. This requires the companies to get paid in this thing we here in
>the US like to call "money". I'm assuming it's the same over there.
And again, we have here a case where someone is replying to one of my posts
without actually reading it first... And a patronising reply at that...
The question was whether whoever rebuilds the WTC should be paid only the
real costs, or should be allowed to make a profit. I did NOT say that the
people and companies involved should work without being paid.
Over here, wages are considered real costs; I assume it is the same over there.
Jeroen
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