----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Housing Out of Reach
> At 08:01 PM 9/22/2002 -0500 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >I think the point is that people who make minimum wage should be *able* to > >afford housing but are not able too. > > I disagree with this. There is no reason why a high school teenager > flipping burgers at McDonald's *should* be paid enough to afford a > two-bedroom apartment. And, I should note, the very definition of a > minimum wage job is what you pay the lowest-rung worker, which would be a > high-schooler flipping burgers. Intents, Shminets, the definition of > "minumum wage" is the minimum. I think you are missing the point of the article and the point I was making. The article was pointing at a disparity. It exists. I was saying that this applies to adults and not kids and that the law was originally intended to help adults and not kids. I'm not proposing a solution. But there are many adults who work for minimum wage and I can look at that table and see how difficult it must be for them. If one listens to Dr. Brin, and agrees with his assertions of a diamond shaped society, then one must agree that strengthening our society in order to preserve that diamond shape is a value worth working toward. xponent Fear The Pyramid Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
