Never mind, King County isn't near Kingsville at all.Having seen where it is, I would be inclined to agree that most jobs there for men may well be on ranches. And other jobs be in a different county.
Dana On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:49:05 -0800, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ummmmmmmmm King County Texas? Would this be around Kingsville? > > dunno... According to the story I heard on NPR there are no > incorporated towns in King County, Texas. and the reason the women out > earn the men is that they didn't count benefits as compensation. the > men, mostly cowhands earn 12K to 24K depending upon experience. They > also "earn" ~$1500 a month in housing and full (medical/dental/car > (article wasn't specific)) insurance, and are alloted one full beef > per year (basically a full year's worth of beef dinners) a substantial > savings in and of itself. Apparently the government statistics don't > cover "fringe" benefits as compensation, hence the average 30% more > that the women (who tend to have jobs at the county courthouse and are > veteranarians) earn... > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146953 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
