Hmm. Doesn't this make "if there are *no* other openings" moot? There are always openings, even in times of high unemployment. People continue to die, become handicapped, etc.
More to the point, I'm having trouble reconciling "very happy to simply not be employed" with never being satisfied with wages, as you seem to be saying. Be happy with what you have, but never settle for it? Never lose your ambition... I guess this does make sense now that I write it out. It *does* seem reasonable. In fact, I would hope that our work at Plugged In and other organizations working for social change would make people less satisfied with what they have. Of course, the corrupt leaders of places like Guatemala have always known this, which is why they tend to stomp on any kind of teaching. I guess it's a simple equation -- raise a person's self-worth and they will be less satisfied with what they have, all things being equal. However, this makes much more sense in the context of the poor than the rich. The notion that Bill Gates would benefit from greater self-worth is a bit odd, at least. Nick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of John D. Giorgis > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:49 PM > To: Brin-L > Subject: RE: Worth of a Worker RE: Gummint programs and stats (was RE: > Presidents RE: Corruption ...) > > > At 05:44 AM 1/23/02 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: > >> Indeed, if there are *no* other opening, then said worker > should be very > >> happy to simply not be unemployed. > > > >Are you saying that no matter what people are paid, they should > be satisfied > >with what they receive? That they should not imagine they are worth more > >than they are receiving? > > Actually, just the opposite. > > I believe that people *should* imagine that they are worth more than they > are receiving, and more over that they should *test* their imaginings by > constantly persuing jobs with other employers that will provide an > improvement upon their overall condition. > > JDG > __________________________________________________________ > John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > ICQ #3527685 > "Our campaign against international terrorism does not represent some > sort of 'clash of civilizations.' Instead, it is a > clash between > civilization and those who would destroy it." -Amb. Richard N. Haass >
